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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle B - SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPChapter 158 - WITHHOLDING FROM EARNINGS FOR CHILD SUPPORT
Subchapter A - INCOME WITHHOLDING REQUIRED; GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 158.001 - Income Withholding; General Rule

Tex. Fam. Code § 158.001

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 158.001 - Income Withholding; General Rule

In a proceeding in which periodic payments of child support are ordered, modified, or enforced, the court or the Title IV-D agency shall order that income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor as provided by this chapter.

Tex. Fam. Code § 158.001

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 34, eff. 9/1/1997.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.