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Texas Family Code - Section 158.501. Issuance Of Administrative Writ Of Withholding

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§ 158.501. ISSUANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE WRIT OF 
WITHHOLDING.  (a) The Title IV-D agency may initiate income 
withholding by issuing an administrative writ of withholding for 
the enforcement of an existing order as authorized by this 
subchapter.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the Title IV-D 
agency is the only entity that may issue an administrative writ 
under this subchapter.
	(c)  The Title IV-D agency may use the procedures authorized 
by this subchapter to enforce a support order rendered by a tribunal 
of another state regardless of whether the order has been 
registered under Chapter 159.
	(d)  A domestic relations office may issue an administrative 
writ of withholding under this chapter in a proceeding in which the 
office is providing child support enforcement services.  A 
reference in this code to the Title IV-D agency that relates to an 
administrative writ includes a domestic relations office, except 
that the writ must be in the form prescribed by the Title IV-D 
agency under Section 158.504.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, § 67, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, § 31, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, § 40, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 199, § 3, 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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