A court that renders an order providing for the payment of child support retains continuing jurisdiction to enforce the order, including by adjusting the amount of the periodic payments to be made by the obligor or the amount to be withheld from the obligor's disposable earnings, until all current support, medical support, dental support, and child support arrearages, including interest and any applicable fees and costs, have been paid.
Tex. Fam. Code § 157.269
RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Moore v. Brown (1999)
Most recently applied in Walton, Brian Keith v. State (October 2002)
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 54, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.