Texas Family Code - Section 157.265. Accrual Of Interest On Child Support

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§ 157.265. ACCRUAL OF INTEREST ON CHILD SUPPORT.  (a) 
Interest accrues on the portion of delinquent child support that is 
greater than the amount of the monthly periodic support obligation 
at the rate of six percent simple interest per year from the date 
the support is delinquent until the date the support is paid or the 
arrearages are confirmed and reduced to money judgment.
	(b)  Interest accrues on child support arrearages that have 
been confirmed and reduced to money judgment as provided in this 
subchapter at the rate of six percent simple interest per year from 
the date the order is rendered until the date the judgment is paid.
	(c)  Interest accrues on a money judgment for retroactive or 
lump-sum child support at the annual rate of six percent simple 
interest from the date the order is rendered until the judgment is 
paid.
	(d)  Subsection (a) applies to a child support payment that 
becomes due on or after January 1, 2002.
	(e)  Child support arrearages in existence on January 1, 
2002, that were not confirmed and reduced to a money judgment on or 
before that date accrue interest as follows:
		(1)  before January 1, 2002, the arrearages are subject 
to the interest rate that applied to the arrearages before that 
date;  and
		(2)  on and after January 1, 2002, the cumulative total 
of arrearages and interest accumulated on those arrearages 
described by Subdivision (1) is subject to Subsection (a).
	(f)  Subsections (b) and (c) apply to a money judgment for 
child support rendered on or after January 1, 2002.  A money 
judgment for child support rendered before that date is governed by 
the law in effect on the date the judgment was rendered, and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 53, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 943, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000;  
Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1491, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002;  Acts 
2005, 79th Leg., ch. 185, § 1, eff. May 27, 2005.

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