Texas Family Code

§ 157.314 — FILING LIEN NOTICE OR ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT; NOTICE TO OBLIGOR

FA § 157.314Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 157. ENFORCEMENT · Art. G. CHILD SUPPORT LIEN

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(a)A child support lien notice or an abstract of judgment for past due child support may be filed by the claimant with the county clerk of:

(1)any county in which the obligor is believed to own nonexempt real or personal property;

(2)the county in which the obligor resides; or

(3)the county in which the court having continuing jurisdiction has venue of the suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

(b)A child support lien notice may be filed with or delivered to the following, as appropriate:

(1)the clerk of the court in which a claim, counterclaim, or suit by, or on behalf of, the obligor, including a claim or potential right to proceeds from an estate as an heir, beneficiary, or creditor, is pending, provided that a copy of the lien is mailed to the attorney of record for the obligor, if any;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.