If the court or the Title IV-D agency finds that the schedule for discharging arrearages would cause the obligor, the obligor's family, or children for whom support is due from the obligor to suffer unreasonable hardship, the court or agency may extend the payment period for a reasonable length of time.
Tex. Fam. Code § 158.007
EXTENSION OF REPAYMENT SCHEDULE BY COURT OR TITLE IV-D AGENCY; UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In the Interest of M.C.R. (2001)
Most recently applied in in the Interest of D.C. and D.C., Children (October 2005)
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff
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