Texas Family Code

§ 231.124 — CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGES PAYMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM

FA § 231.124Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part D. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES · Ch. 231. TITLE IV-D SERVICES · Art. B. SERVICES PROVIDED BY TITLE IV-D PROGRAM

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(a)The Title IV-D agency may establish and administer a payment incentive program to promote payment by obligors who are delinquent in satisfying child support arrearages assigned to the Title IV-D agency under Section 231.104(a).

(b)A program established under this section must provide to a participating obligor a credit for every dollar amount paid by the obligor on interest and arrearages balances during each month of the obligor's voluntary enrollment in the program. In establishing a program under this section, the Title IV-D agency by rule must prescribe:

(1)criteria for a child support obligor's initial eligibility to participate in the program;

(2)the conditions for a child support obligor's continued participation in the program;

(3)procedures for enrollment in the program; and

(4)the terms of the financial incentives to be offered under the program.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 508 (H.B. 1674), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2011.