Texas Family Code

§ 8.255 — DELIVERY OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF WITHHOLDING; TIME OF DELIVERY

FA § 8.255Title 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP · Part C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE · Ch. 8. MAINTENANCE · Art. F. WRIT OF WITHHOLDING ISSUED BY CLERK

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(a)The party who files a notice of application for a writ of withholding shall deliver the notice to the obligor by:

(1)first-class or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the obligor's last known address or place of employment; or

(2)service of citation as in civil cases generally.

(b)If the notice is delivered by mail, the party who filed the notice shall file with the court a certificate stating the name, address, and date the party mailed the notice.

(c)The notice is considered to have been received by the obligor:

(1)on the date of receipt, if the notice was mailed by certified mail;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.