{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-8.257","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 8.257","heading":"EFFECT OF FILING MOTION TO STAY.","body":"If the obligor files a motion to stay as provided by Section 8.256, the clerk of the court may not deliver the writ of withholding to the obligor's employer before a hearing is held.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE","CHAPTER 8. MAINTENANCE","SUBCHAPTER F. WRIT OF WITHHOLDING ISSUED BY CLERK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.8.htm#8.257","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"e5fcb5564dbb433f1f0cfaafd2dcba2aec7636110d07871ab8d38b8e840dc051","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-8.256","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-8.258"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}