Tex. Fam. Code § 159.507

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 159.507 - Administrative Enforcement of Orders
(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state.
(b) On receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order under this chapter.

Tex. Fam. Code § 159.507

Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 368,Sec. 36, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 31, eff. 9/1/2003.