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Texas Family Code - Section 158.502. When Administrative Writ Of Withholding May Be Issued

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§ 158.502. WHEN ADMINISTRATIVE WRIT OF WITHHOLDING MAY BE 
ISSUED.  (a) An administrative writ of withholding under this 
subchapter may be issued by the Title IV-D agency at any time until 
all current support, including medical support, and child support 
arrearages have been paid.  The writ issued under this subsection 
may be based on an obligation in more than one support order.
	(b)  The Title IV-D agency may issue an administrative writ 
of withholding that directs that an amount be withheld for an 
arrearage or adjusts the amount to be withheld for an arrearage.  An 
administrative writ issued under this subsection may be contested 
as provided by Section 158.506.
	(c)  The Title IV-D agency may issue an administrative writ 
of withholding as a reissuance of an existing withholding order on 
file with the court of continuing jurisdiction or a tribunal of 
another state.  The administrative writ under this subsection is 
not subject to the contest provisions of Sections 158.505(a)(2) and 
158.506.
	(d)  The Title IV-D agency may issue an administrative writ 
of withholding to direct child support payments to the state 
disbursement unit of another state.

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, § 41, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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