Texas Finance Code

§ 396.251 — THREATS OR COERCION

FI § 396.251Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES · Ch. 396. PRIVATE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES · Art. F. PROHIBITED PRACTICES

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(a)In enforcing a child support obligation, a private child support enforcement agency may not use threats, coercion, or attempts to coerce that employ any of the following practices:

(1)using or threatening to use violence or other criminal means to cause harm to an obligor or property of the obligor;

(2)accusing falsely or threatening to accuse falsely an obligor of a violation of state or federal child support laws;

(3)taking or threatening to take an enforcement action against an obligor that is not authorized by law; or

(4)intentionally representing to a person that the agency is a governmental agency authorized to enforce a child support obligation.

(b)Subsection (a) does not prevent a private child support enforcement agency from:

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 20 (S.B. 614), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2019.