If current support is no longer owed, the court or the Title IV-D agency shall order that income be withheld for arrearages, including accrued interest as provided in Chapter 157, in an amount sufficient to discharge those arrearages in not more than two years.
Tex. Fam. Code § 158.004
WITHHOLDING FOR ARREARAGES WHEN NO CURRENT SUPPORT IS DUE
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Coleman v. Coleman (2003)
Most recently applied in In the Interest of M.B.D., a Child (May 2011)
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff
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