Tex. Family Code § 233.012
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 233.012, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 233.012. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED AT NEGOTIATION CONFERENCE.
Official statutory text
At the beginning of the negotiation conference, the child support review officer shall review with the parties participating in the conference information provided in the notice of child support review and inform the parties that:
(1) the purpose of the negotiation conference is to provide an opportunity to reach an agreement on a child support order;
(2) if the parties reach an agreement, the review officer will prepare an agreed review order to be effective immediately on being confirmed by the court, as provided by Section 233.024;
(3) a party does not have to sign a review order prepared by the child support review officer but that the Title IV-D agency may file a review order without the agreement of the parties;
(4) the parties may sign a waiver of the right to service of process;
(5) a party may file a request for a court hearing on a nonagreed order not later than the 20th day after the date a copy of the petition for confirmation of the order is delivered to the party; and
(6) a party may file a motion for a new trial not later than the 30th day after an order is confirmed by the court.
(1) the purpose of the negotiation conference is to provide an opportunity to reach an agreement on a child support order;
(2) if the parties reach an agreement, the review officer will prepare an agreed review order to be effective immediately on being confirmed by the court, as provided by Section 233.024;
(3) a party does not have to sign a review order prepared by the child support review officer but that the Title IV-D agency may file a review order without the agreement of the parties;
(4) the parties may sign a waiver of the right to service of process;
(5) a party may file a request for a court hearing on a nonagreed order not later than the 20th day after the date a copy of the petition for confirmation of the order is delivered to the party; and
(6) a party may file a motion for a new trial not later than the 30th day after an order is confirmed by the court.
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