Texas Family Code - Section 8.001. Definitions
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§ 8.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Maintenance" means an award in a suit for
dissolution of a marriage of periodic payments from the future
income of one spouse for the support of the other spouse.
(2) "Notice of application for a writ of withholding"
means the document delivered to an obligor and filed with the court
as required by this chapter for the nonjudicial determination of
arrears and initiation of withholding for spousal maintenance.
(3) "Obligee" means a person entitled to receive
payments under the terms of an order for spousal maintenance.
(4) "Obligor" means a person required to make periodic
payments under the terms of an order for spousal maintenance.
(5) "Writ of withholding" means the document issued by
the clerk of a court and delivered to an employer, directing that
earnings be withheld for payment of spousal maintenance as provided
by this chapter.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
2001.
Section: 7.002 7.003 7.004 7.005 7.006 7.007 7.008 8.001 8.051 8.052 8.053 8.054 8.055 8.056 8.057
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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