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Texas Family Code - Section 159.209. Credit For Payments

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§ 159.209. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS.  A tribunal of this state 
shall credit amounts collected for a particular period under a 
support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any 
other child support order for support of the same child issued by a 
tribunal of this or another state.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.

Last modified: August 11, 2007