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Texas Family Code - Section 158.206. Liability And Obligation Of Employer; Workers' Compensation Claims

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§ 158.206. LIABILITY AND OBLIGATION OF EMPLOYER;  
WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS.  (a) An employer receiving an order 
or a writ of withholding under this chapter, including an order or 
writ directing that health insurance be provided to a child, who 
complies with the order or writ is not liable to the obligor for the 
amount of income withheld and paid as required by the order or writ.
	(b)  An employer receiving an order or writ of withholding 
who does not comply with the order or writ is liable:
		(1)  to the obligee for the amount not paid in 
compliance with the order or writ, including the amount the obligor 
is required to pay for health insurance under Chapter 154;
		(2)  to the obligor for:                                                      
			(A)  the amount withheld and not paid as required 
by the order or writ;  and
			(B)  an amount equal to the interest that accrues 
under Section 157.265 on the amount withheld and not paid;  and
		(3)  for reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.                          
	(c)  If an obligor has filed a claim for workers' 
compensation, the obligor's employer shall send a copy of the 
income withholding order or writ to the insurance carrier with whom 
the claim has been filed in order to continue the ordered 
withholding of income.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 341, § 4.07, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, § 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 859, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 
1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1580, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 
77th Leg., ch. 1023, § 39, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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