Texas Family Code - Section 159.605. Notice Of Registration Of Order

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§ 159.605. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER.  (a) When a 
support order or income-withholding order issued in another state 
is registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the 
nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of 
the registered order and the documents and relevant information 
accompanying the order.
	(b)  A notice under this section must inform the 
nonregistering party:       
		(1)  that a registered order is enforceable as of the 
date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a 
tribunal of this state;
		(2)  that a hearing to contest the validity or 
enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 
days after notice;
		(3)  that failure to contest the validity or 
enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner:
			(A)  will result in confirmation of the order and 
enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages;  and
			(B)  precludes further contest of that order with 
respect to any matter that could have been asserted;  and
		(4)  of the amount of any alleged arrearages.                                 
	(c)  If the registering party asserts that two or more orders 
are in effect, the notice under this section must also:
		(1)  identify:                                                                
			(A)  the orders, including which order is alleged 
by the registering person to be the controlling order;  and
			(B)  the consolidated arrearages, if any;                                    
		(2)  notify the nonregistering party of the right to a 
determination of which order is the controlling order;
		(3)  state that the procedures provided in Subsection 
(b) apply to the determination of which order is the controlling 
order;  and
		(4)  state that failure to contest the validity or 
enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a 
timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the 
controlling order.
	(d)  On registration of an income-withholding order for 
enforcement, the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's 
employer under Chapter 158.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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