Family Code § 8.108

An obligor may ask the court clerk to issue a writ of withholding, the clerk must issue it when the request is received, and the obligor, employer, or obligee may seek a hearing in the stated circumstances.

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hearings spousal maintenance withholding orders

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An obligor may ask the court clerk to issue a writ of withholding, the clerk must issue it when the request is received, and the obligor, employer, or obligee may seek a hearing in the stated circumstances.

Sec. 8.108. VOLUNTARY WRIT OF WITHHOLDING BY OBLIGOR. (a) An obligor may file with the clerk of the court a notarized or acknowledged request signed by the obligor and the obligee for the issuance and delivery to the obligor's employer of a writ of withholding. The obligor may file the request under this section regardless of whether a writ or order has been served on any party or whether the obligor owes arrearages. (b) On receipt of a request under this section, the clerk shall issue and deliver a writ of withholding in the manner provided by this subchapter. (c) An employer who receives a writ of withholding issued under this section may request a hearing in the same manner and according to the same terms provided by Section 8.205. (d) An obligor whose employer receives a writ of withholding issued under this section may request a hearing in the manner provided by Section 8. 258. (e) An obligee may contest a writ of income withholding issued under this section by requesting, not later than the 180th day after the date on which the obligee discovers that the writ was issued, a hearing to be conducted in the manner provided by Section 8.258 for a hearing on a motion to stay. (f) A writ of withholding under this section may not reduce the total amount of spousal maintenance, including arrearages, owed by the obligor. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. SUBCHAPTER D. PROCEDURE

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