Texas Family Code

§ 158.301 — NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING; FILING

FA § 158.301Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 158. WITHHOLDING FROM EARNINGS FOR CHILD SUPPORT · Art. D. JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING ISSUED BY CLERK

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(a)A notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may be filed if:

(1)a delinquency occurs in child support payments in an amount equal to or greater than the total support due for one month; or

(2)income withholding was not ordered at the time child support was ordered.

(b)The notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may be filed in the court of continuing jurisdiction by:

(1)the Title IV-D agency;

(2)the attorney representing the local domestic relations office;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 57, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.