Tex. Fam. Code § 158.301

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING; FILING

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case In the Interest of Digges (1998)

Most recently applied in in the Interest of D.W.G., a Child (August 2012)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) A notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may be filed if:

(1) a delinquency occurs in child support payments in an amount equal to or greater than the total support due for one month; or

(2) income withholding was not ordered at the time child support was ordered.

(b) The notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may be filed in the court of continuing jurisdiction by:

(1) the Title IV-D agency;

(2) the attorney representing the local domestic relations office;

(3) the attorney appointed a friend of the court as provided in Chapter 202;

(4) the obligor or obligee; or

(5) a private attorney representing the obligor or obligee.

(c) The Title IV-D agency may in a Title IV-D case file a notice of application for judicial writ of withholding on request of the obligor or obligee.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.