Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · CHAPTER 158. WITHHOLDING FROM EARNINGS FOR CHILD SUPPORT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 158.005 (2026)

Withholding To Satisfy Judgment For Arrearages

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Sec. 158.005. WITHHOLDING TO SATISFY JUDGMENT FOR ARREARAGES. In rendering a cumulative judgment for arrearages, the court shall order that a reasonable amount of income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor to be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2001–2023 · leading case: Attorney Gen. v. Redding, 60 S.W.3d 891 (Tex. App. 2001).
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Attorney Gen. v. Redding, 60 S.W.3d 891 (Tex. App. 2001). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 158.005 (Vernon 1996).”
in the Matter of the Marriage of Zina Burkett & Jason A. Burkett & in the Interest of S.R.B., a Minor Child (Tex. App. 2022). “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 158.005 (“In rendering a cumulative judgment for arrearages, the court shall order that a reasonable amount of income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor to be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment.”
in the Matter of the Marriage of Zina Burkett & Jason A. Burkett & in the Interest of S.R.B., a Minor Child (Tex. App. 2023). “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 158.005 (“In rendering a cumulative judgment for arrearages, the court shall order that a reasonable amount of income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor to be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment.”
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