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Texas Family Code - Section 232.004. Petition For Suspension Of License

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§ 232.004. PETITION FOR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE.  (a) A 
child support agency or obligee may file a petition to suspend, as 
provided by this chapter, a license of an obligor who has an 
arrearage equal to or greater than the total support due for 90 days 
under a support order.
	(b)  In a Title IV-D case, the petition shall be filed with 
the Title IV-D agency, the court of continuing jurisdiction, or the 
tribunal in which a child support order has been registered under 
Chapter 159.  The tribunal in which the petition is filed obtains 
jurisdiction over the matter.
	(c)  In a case other than a Title IV-D case, the petition 
shall be filed in the court of continuing jurisdiction or the court 
in which a child support order has been registered under Chapter 
159.
	(d)  A proceeding in a case filed with the Title IV-D agency 
under this chapter is governed by the contested case provisions of 
Chapter 2001, Government Code, except that Section 2001.054 does 
not apply to the proceeding.  The director of the Title IV-D agency 
or the director's designee may render a final decision in a 
contested case proceeding under this chapter.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 85, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, § 24, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, § 84, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, § 60, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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