Tex. Family Code § 8.251
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 8.251, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 8.251. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF WITHHOLDING; FILING.
Official statutory text
(a) An obligor or obligee may file a notice of application for a writ of withholding if income withholding was not ordered at the time spousal maintenance was ordered.
(b) The obligor or obligee may file the notice of application for a writ of withholding in the court that ordered the spousal maintenance under Subchapter B.
(b) The obligor or obligee may file the notice of application for a writ of withholding in the court that ordered the spousal maintenance under Subchapter B.
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