{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.501","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.501","heading":"EMPLOYER'S RECEIPT OF INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.","body":"An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee or by the support enforcement agency to the person defined as the obligor's employer under Chapter 158 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., R.S. Ch. 20 (H.B. 655), Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","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 F. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm#159.501","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"d3f348bf0f9b25728e6f8fac914700abdd6d441c6a83003a2bbdc2a99bfeb2bf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.402","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}