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Texas Family Code - Section 159.501. Employer's Receipt Of Income-Withholding Order Of Another State

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§ 159.501. EMPLOYER'S RECEIPT OF INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER 
OF ANOTHER STATE.  An income-withholding order issued in another 
state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee or by the support 
enforcement agency to the person defined as the obligor's employer 
under Chapter 158 without first filing a petition or comparable 
pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Last modified: August 11, 2007