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
INCOME WITHHOLDING; GENERAL RULE
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Lenz v. Lenz (2002)
Most recently applied in Jessica Bhan v. Bryan James Danet William Todd Kranz (November 2012)
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff
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