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Texas Family Code - Section 157.261. Unpaid Child Support As Judgment

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§ 157.261. UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT AS JUDGMENT.  (a) A child 
support payment not timely made constitutes a final judgment for 
the amount due and owing, including interest as provided in this 
chapter.
	(b)  For the purposes of this subchapter, interest begins to 
accrue on the date the judge signs the order for the judgment unless 
the order contains a statement that the order is rendered on another 
specific date.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 702, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997.

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