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Tex. Family Code § 158.303

This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 158.303, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.

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§ 158.303. INTERSTATE REQUEST FOR INCOME WITHHOLDING.

Official statutory text

(a) The registration of a foreign support order as provided in Chapter 159 is sufficient for the filing of a notice of application for judicial writ of withholding.

(b) The notice shall be filed with the clerk of the court having venue as provided in Chapter 159.

(c) Notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may be delivered to the obligor at the same time that an order is filed for registration under Chapter 159.

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