In addition to any other credit or offset available to an obligor under this title, if a child for whom the obligor owes child support receives a lump-sum payment as a result of the obligor's disability and that payment is made to the obligee as the representative payee of the child, the obligor is entitled to a credit. The credit under this section is equal to the amount of the lump-sum payment and shall be applied only to any child support arrearage and interest owed by the obligor on behalf of that child at the time the payment is made. The credit under this section may not be used to reduce the amount of a periodic child support obligation ordered under Chapter 154 that has not yet accrued.
Tex. Fam. Code § 157.009
CREDIT FOR PAYMENT OF DISABILITY BENEFITS
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In the Interest of C.P., J.L., J.L., and L.A.L., Children (2010)
Most recently applied in In the Interest of C.P., J.L., J.L., and L.A.L., Children (September 2010)
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 538 (S.B. 1514), Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.