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Texas Family Code § 8.260

Writ of Withholding After Arrearages Are Paid

Maintenance · Writ of Withholding Issued by Clerk

(a) The court may not refuse to order withholding solely on the basis that the obligor paid the arrearages after the obligor received the notice of application for a writ of withholding.

(b) The court shall order that a reasonable amount of income be withheld and applied toward the liquidation of arrearages, even though a judgment confirming arrearages was rendered against the obligor.

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

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Legislative history

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