Texas Family Code - Section 159.502. Employer's Compliance With Income-Withholding Order Of Another State

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§ 159.502. EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH INCOME-WITHHOLDING 
ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.  (a) On receipt of an income-withholding 
order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of 
the order to the obligor.
	(b)  The employer shall treat an income-withholding order 
issued in another state that appears regular on its face as if the 
order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
	(c)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d) and 
Section 159.503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the 
funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms 
of the order that specify:
		(1)  the duration and amount of periodic payments of 
current child support, stated as a sum certain;
		(2)  the person designated to receive payments and the 
address to which the payments are to be forwarded;
		(3)  medical support, whether in the form of periodic 
cash payments, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to 
provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy 
available through the obligor's employment;
		(4)  the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs 
for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the 
obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain;  and
		(5)  the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and 
interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
	(d)  An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the 
obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income 
with respect to:
		(1)  the employer's fee for processing an 
income-withholding order;         
		(2)  the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from 
the obligor's income;  and
		(3)  the times within which the employer must implement 
the withholding order and forward the child support payment.

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Last modified: August 10, 2007