Tex. Family Code § 8.102
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 8.102, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 8.102. WITHHOLDING FOR ARREARAGES IN ADDITION TO CURRENT SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE.
Official statutory text
(a) The court may order that, in addition to income withheld for current spousal maintenance, income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor to be applied toward the liquidation of any arrearages.
(b) The additional amount withheld to be applied toward arrearages must be whichever of the following amounts will discharge the arrearages in the least amount of time:
(1) an amount sufficient to discharge the arrearages in not more than two years; or
(2) 20 percent of the amount withheld for current maintenance.
(b) The additional amount withheld to be applied toward arrearages must be whichever of the following amounts will discharge the arrearages in the least amount of time:
(1) an amount sufficient to discharge the arrearages in not more than two years; or
(2) 20 percent of the amount withheld for current maintenance.
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