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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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FAMILY CODE |
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Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP |
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Subtitle D. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES |
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Chapter 234. STATE CASE REGISTRY, DISBURSEMENT UNIT, AND DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES |
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Subchapter A. UNIFIED STATE CASE REGISTRY AND DISBURSEMENT UNIT |
Sec. 234.007. NOTICE OF PLACE OF PAYMENT
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(a) The Title IV-D agency shall notify the courts that the state disbursement unit has been established. After receiving notice of the establishment of the state disbursement unit, a court that orders income to be withheld for child support shall order that all income withheld for child support be paid to the state disbursement unit.
(b) In order to redirect payments from a local registry to the state disbursement unit after the date of the establishment of the state disbursement unit, the Title IV-D agency shall issue a notice of place of payment informing the obligor, obligee, and employer that income withheld for child support is to be paid to the state disbursement unit.
(c) A copy of the notice under Subsection (b) shall be filed with the court of continuing jurisdiction and with the local child support registry.
(d) The notice under Subsection (b) must include:
(1) the name of the child for whom support is ordered and of the person to whom support is ordered by the court to be paid;
(2) the style and cause number of the case in which support is ordered; and
(3) instructions for the payment of ordered support to the state disbursement unit.
(e) On receipt of a copy of the notice under Subsection (b), the clerk of the court shall file the notice in the appropriate case file.
(f) The notice under Subsection (b) may be used by the Title IV-D agency to redirect child support payments from the state disbursement unit of this state to the state disbursement unit of another state.