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Tex. Fam. Code § 8.260

Tex. Fam. Code § 8.260 - Writ Of Withholding After Arrearages Are Paid (2026)

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**Tex. Fam. Code § 8.260. WRIT OF WITHHOLDING AFTER ARREARAGES ARE PAID.** (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. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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