Texas Family Code
§ 159.502 — EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE
FA § 159.502Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 159. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Art. F. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION
Statute text
View on source(a)On receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
(b)The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state that appears regular on its face as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
(c)Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d) and Section 159.503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order that specify:
(1)the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;
(2)the person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;
(3)medical support and dental support, whether in the form of periodic cash payments, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage or dental insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employment;
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Legislative history
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2018.