{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.319","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.319","heading":"RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS.","body":"(a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received under a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.\n(b) If the obligor, the obligee who is an individual, and the child do not reside in this state, on request from the support enforcement agency of this state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall:\n(1) direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and\n(2) issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee reflecting the redirected payments.\n(c) The support enforcement agency of this state on receiving redirected payments from another state under a law similar to Subsection (b) shall provide to a requesting party or a tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 30, eff. July 1, 2015.","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 159. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","SUBCHAPTER D. CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm#159.319","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"72fbc0a05b190aa8237a8457cdda7407263744c46bc6b9c1796f756c9b8485f7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.318","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}