{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-158.311","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 158.311","heading":"ARREARAGES.","body":"(a) Payment of arrearages after receipt of notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may not be the sole basis for the court to refuse to order withholding.\n(b) The court shall order that a reasonable amount of income be withheld to be applied toward the liquidation of arrearages, even though a judgment confirming arrearages has been rendered against the obligor.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 59, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 158. WITHHOLDING FROM EARNINGS FOR CHILD SUPPORT","SUBCHAPTER D. JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING ISSUED BY CLERK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.158.htm#158.311","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"f909dcfc60934607ec916cafc12868c169e18ae46428dca9e533bb1a5d4eae9e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-158.310","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-158.312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}