Texas Family Code Title 5, Chapter 231 - Title Iv-d Services

SUBCHAPTER A ADMINISTRATION OF TITLE IV-D PROGRAM

• Texas Section 231.001 - Designation Of Title Iv-d Agency
  The office of the attorney general is designated as the state's Title IV-D agency. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 231.0011 - Development Of Statewide Integrated System For Child Support And Medical Support Enforcement
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall have final approval authority on any contract or proposal for delivery of Title IV-D services under this section and...
• Texas Section 231.0011 - Development Of Statewide Integrated System For Child Support, Medical Support, And Dental Support Enforcement
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall have final approval authority on any contract or proposal for delivery of Title IV-D services under this section and...
• Texas Section 231.0012 - Child Support Enforcement Management
  The person appointed by the attorney general as the person responsible for managing the Title IV-D agency's child support enforcement duties shall report directly to...
• Texas Section 231.0013 - Dedication Of Funds
  Appropriations made to the Title IV-D agency for child support enforcement may be expended only for the purposes for which the money was appropriated. Added...
• Texas Section 231.002 - Powers And Duties
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may: (1) accept, transfer, and expend funds, subject to the General Appropriations Act, made available by the federal or state...
• Texas Section 231.003 - Forms And Procedures
  The Title IV-D agency shall by rule promulgate any forms and procedures necessary to comply fully with the intent of this chapter. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 231.005 - Biennial Report Required
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall report to the legislature each biennium on: (1) the effectiveness of the agency's child support enforcement activity in reducing...
• Texas Section 231.006 - Ineligibility To Receive State Grants Or Loans Or Receive Payment On State Contracts
  (a) A child support obligor who is more than 30 days delinquent in paying child support and a business entity in which the obligor is...
• Texas Section 231.007 - Debts To State
  (a) A person obligated to pay child support in a case in which the Title IV-D agency is providing services under this chapter who does...
• Texas Section 231.008 - Disposition Of Funds
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall deposit money received under assignments or as fees in a special fund in the state treasury. The agency may...
• Texas Section 231.009 - Payment Of Penalties
  From funds appropriated for the Title IV-D agency, the agency shall reimburse the Texas Department of Human Services for any penalty assessed under Title IV-A...
• Texas Section 231.010 - Cooperation With Department Of Protective And Regulatory Services
  (a) In this section, "department" means the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. (b) To the extent possible, the Title IV-D agency shall: (1) provide...
• Texas Section 231.012 - Child Support Work Group
  (a) The director of the Title IV-D agency may convene a work group representing public and private entities with an interest in child support enforcement...
• Texas Section 231.013 - Information Resources Steering Committee
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall create an information resources steering committee to: (1) oversee information resource project development for the Title IV-D agency; (2)...
• Texas Section 231.014 - Personnel
  The director of the Title IV-D agency shall provide to the employees of the Title IV-D agency, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements...

SUBCHAPTER B SERVICES PROVIDED BY TITLE IV-D PROGRAM

• Texas Section 231.015 - Insurance Reporting Program
  (a) In consultation with the Texas Department of Insurance and representatives of the insurance industry in this state, including insurance trade associations, the Title IV-D...
• Texas Section 231.101 - Title Iv-d Child Support Services
  Sec. 231.101. TITLE IV-D CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES. Text of subsection effective until September 01, 2018 (a) The Title IV-D agency may provide all services required...
• Texas Section 231.102 - Eligibility For Child Support Services
  The Title IV-D agency on application or as otherwise authorized by law may provide services for the benefit of a child without regard to whether...
• Texas Section 231.103 - Application And Service Fees
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may: (1) charge a reasonable application fee; (2) charge a $25 annual service fee; and (3) to the extent permitted...
• Texas Section 231.104 - Assignment Of Right To Support
  (a) To the extent authorized by federal law, the approval of an application for or the receipt of financial assistance as provided by Chapter 31,...
• Texas Section 231.105 - Notice Of Change Of Payee
  (a) Child support payments for the benefit of a child whose support rights have been assigned to the Title IV-D agency under Section 231.104 shall...
• Texas Section 231.106 - Notice Of Termination Of Assignment
  (a) On termination of support rights to the Title IV-D agency, the Title IV-D agency shall, after providing notice to the obligee and the obligor,...
• Texas Section 231.107 - Certificate Of Assignment Or Of Termination Of Assignment
  If an abstract of judgment or a child support lien on support amounts assigned to the Title IV-D agency under this chapter has previously been...
• Texas Section 231.108 - Confidentiality Of Records And Privileged Communications
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), all files and records of services provided by the Title IV-D agency under this title, including information concerning...
• Texas Section 231.109 - Attorneys Representing State
  (a) Attorneys employed by the Title IV-D agency may represent this state or another state in an action brought under the authority of federal law...
• Texas Section 231.110 - Authorization Of Service
  The provision of services by the Title IV-D agency under this chapter or Part D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42...
• Texas Section 231.111 - Disqualification Of Agency
  A court shall not disqualify the Title IV-D agency in a legal action filed under this chapter or Part D of Title IV of the...
• Texas Section 231.112 - Information On Paternity Establishment
  On notification by the state registrar under Section 192.005(d), Health and Safety Code, that the items relating to the child's father are not completed on...
• Texas Section 231.113 - Enforcement Of Support Obligations In Public Assistance Cases
  To the extent possible, the Title IV-D agency shall enforce a child support obligation in a case involving a child who receives financial assistance under...
• Texas Section 231.114 - Reports Of Child Support Payments To Consumer Reporting Agencies
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall make information available in accordance with this section to a consumer reporting agency regarding the amount of child support...
• Texas Section 231.115 - Noncooperation By Recipient Of Public Assistance
  (a) The failure by a person who is a recipient of public assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, to provide accurate information as required...
• Texas Section 231.116 - Information On Internet
  The Title IV-D agency shall place on the Internet for public access child support information to assist the public in child support matters, including application...
• Texas Section 231.1165 - Information On Service Of Citation
  The Title IV-D agency shall update the agency's child support automated system to inform the parties in a suit of the service of citation in...
• Texas Section 231.117 - Unemployed And Underemployed Obligors
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall refer to appropriate state and local entities that provide employment services any unemployed or underemployed obligor who is in...
• Texas Section 231.118 - Service Of Citation
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may contract with private process servers to serve a citation, a subpoena, an order, or any other document required or...
• Texas Section 231.119 - Ombudsman Program
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall establish an ombudsman program to process and track complaints against the Title IV-D agency. The director of the Title...
• Texas Section 231.120 - Toll-free Telephone Number For Employers
  The Title IV-D agency shall maintain a toll-free telephone number at which personnel are available during normal business hours to answer questions from employers responsible...
• Texas Section 231.121 - Availability Of Brochures
  The Title IV-D agency shall ensure that all Title IV-D brochures published by the agency are available to the public at courthouses where family law...
• Texas Section 231.122 - Monitoring Child Support Cases; Enforcement
  The Title IV-D agency shall monitor each Title IV-D case from the date the agency begins providing services on the case. If a child support...
• Texas Section 231.123 - Cooperation With Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Programs
  Sec. 231.123. COOPERATION WITH VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. Text of subsection effective until September 01, 2018 (a) In order to maximize the amount of...

SUBCHAPTER C PAYMENT OF FEES AND COSTS

• Texas Section 231.124 - Child Support Arrearages Payment Incentive Program
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may establish and administer a payment incentive program to promote payment by obligors who are delinquent in satisfying child support...
• Texas Section 231.201 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Federal share" means the portion of allowable expenses for fees and other costs that will be reimbursed by the federal government...
• Texas Section 231.202 - Authorized Costs And Fees In Title Iv-d Cases
  In a Title IV-D case filed under this title, including a case filed under Chapter 159, the Title IV-D agency shall pay only the following...
• Texas Section 231.2025 - Contingency Fees
  The Title IV-D agency may pay a contingency fee in a contract or agreement between the agency and a private agency or individual authorized under...
• Texas Section 231.203 - State Exemption From Bond Not Affected
  This subchapter does not affect, nor is this subchapter affected by, the exemption from bond provided by Section 6.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Added...
• Texas Section 231.204 - Prohibited Fees In Title Iv-d Cases
  Except as provided by this subchapter, an appellate court, a clerk of an appellate court, a district or county clerk, sheriff, constable, or other government...
• Texas Section 231.205 - Limitations On Liability Of Attorney General For Authorized Fees And Costs
  (a) The Title IV-D agency is liable for a fee or cost under this subchapter only to the extent that an express, specific appropriation is...
• Texas Section 231.206 - Restriction On Fees For Child Support Or Registry Services In Title Iv-d Cases
  A district clerk, a county child support registry or enforcement office, or a domestic relations office may not assess or collect fees for processing child...
• Texas Section 231.207 - Method Of Billing For Allowable Fees
  (a) To be entitled to reimbursement under this subchapter, the clerk of the court, sheriff, or constable must submit one monthly billing to the Title...
• Texas Section 231.208 - Agreements For Reimbursement In Lieu Of Fees
  (a) The Title IV-D agency and a qualified county may enter into a written agreement under which reimbursement for salaries and certain other actual costs...
• Texas Section 231.209 - Payment For Services Not Affected By This Subchapter
  Without regard to this subchapter and specifically Section 231.205, the Title IV-D agency may pay the costs for: (1) the services of an official court...
• Texas Section 231.210 - Authority To Pay Litigation Expenses
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may pay all fees, expenses, costs, and bills necessary to secure evidence and to take the testimony of a witness,...

SUBCHAPTER D LOCATION OF PARENTS AND RESOURCES

• Texas Section 231.211 - Award Of Cost Against Nonprevailing Party In Title Iv-d Case
  (a) At the conclusion of a Title IV-D case, the court may assess attorney's fees and all court costs as authorized by law against the...
• Texas Section 231.301 - Title Iv-d Parent Locator Services
  Sec. 231.301. TITLE IV-D PARENT LOCATOR SERVICES. Text of subsection effective until September 01, 2018 (a) The parent locator service conducted by the Title IV-D...
• Texas Section 231.302 - Information To Assist In Location Of Persons Or Property
  (a) The Title IV-D agency of this or another state may request and obtain information relating to the identity, location, employment, compensation, benefits, income, and...
• Texas Section 231.303 - Title Iv-d Administrative Subpoena
  (a) The Title IV-D agency of this state or another state may issue an administrative subpoena to any individual or private or public entity in...
• Texas Section 231.305 - Memorandum Of Understanding On Child Support For Children Receiving Public Assistance
  (a) The Title IV-D agency and the Texas Department of Human Services by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding governing the establishment and enforcement...
• Texas Section 231.306 - Maximizing Medical Support Establishment And Collection By The Title Iv-d Agency
  (a) On the installation of an automated child support enforcement system, the Title IV-D agency is strongly encouraged to: (1) maximize the collection of medical...
• Texas Section 231.306 - Maximizing Medical Support And Dental Support Establishment And Collection By The Title Iv-d Agency
  (a) On the installation of an automated child support enforcement system, the Title IV-D agency is strongly encouraged to: (1) maximize the collection of medical...
• Texas Section 231.307 - Financial Institution Data Matches
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall develop a system meeting the requirements of federal law (42 U.S.C. Sections 666(a)(4) and (17)) for the exchange of...
• Texas Section 231.308 - Public Identification Of Certain Obligors
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall develop a program to identify publicly certain child support obligors who are delinquent in the payment of child support....
• Texas Section 231.309 - Rewards For Information
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may offer a reward to an individual who provides information to the agency that leads to the collection of child...

Last modified: September 28, 2016