Title 5 › Chapter 158 › Subchapter A

Texas Family Code § 158.007

Extension of Repayment Schedule by Court or Title IV-D Agency; Unreasonable Hardship

Withholding from Earnings for Child Support · Income Withholding Required; General Provisions

If the court or the Title IV-D agency finds that the schedule for discharging arrearages would cause the obligor, the obligor's family, or children for whom support is due from the obligor to suffer unreasonable hardship, the court or agency may extend the payment period for a reasonable length of time.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.