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Texas Family Code - Section 8.207. Employer Receiving Multiple Orders Or Writs

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§ 8.207. EMPLOYER RECEIVING MULTIPLE ORDERS OR 
WRITS.  (a) An employer who receives more than one order or writ of 
withholding to withhold income from the same obligor shall withhold 
the combined amounts due under each order or writ unless the 
combined amounts due exceed the maximum total amount of allowed 
income withholding under Section 8.106.
	(b)  If the combined amounts to be withheld under multiple 
orders or writs for the same obligor exceed the maximum total amount 
of allowed income withholding under Section 8.106, the employer 
shall pay, until that maximum is reached, in the following order of 
priority:
		(1)  an equal amount toward current child support owed 
by the obligor in each order or writ until the employer has complied 
fully with each current child support obligation;
		(2)  an equal amount toward current maintenance owed by 
the obligor in each order or writ until the employer has complied 
fully with each current maintenance obligation;
		(3)  an equal amount toward child support arrearages 
owed by the obligor in each order or writ until the employer has 
complied fully with each order or writ for child support 
arrearages;  and
		(4)  an equal amount toward maintenance arrearages owed 
by the obligor in each order or writ until the employer has complied 
fully with each order or writ for spousal maintenance arrearages.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.           

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