Tex. Family Code § 8.254
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 8.254, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 8.254. ADDITIONAL ARREARAGES.
Official statutory text
If the notice of application for a writ of withholding states that the obligor has failed to pay more than one spousal maintenance payment according to the terms of the spousal maintenance order, the writ of withholding may include withholding for arrearages that accrue between the filing of the notice and the date of the hearing or the issuance of the writ.
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