§ 159.506. CONTEST BY OBLIGOR. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and: (1) filing a contest to that order under Subchapter G; or (2) contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state. (b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (1) a support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (2) each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and (3) the person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or to the obligee, if no person is designated. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 30, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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