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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle B - SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPChapter 159 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
Subchapter F - ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION
Section 159.501 - Employer's Receipt of Income-Withholding Order of Another State

Tex. Fam. Code § 159.501

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 159.501 - Employer's Receipt of Income-Withholding Order of Another State

An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee or by the support enforcement agency to the person defined as the obligor's employer under Chapter 158 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.

Tex. Fam. Code § 159.501

Subchapter heading amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 368,Sec. 34, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 13, eff. 9/1/1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 27, eff. 9/1/2003.