Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 159.605 - Notice of Registration of Order(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:(1) that a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 30 days after notice unless the registered order is under Section 159.707;(3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, the notice must also: (1) identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;(3) state that the procedures provided in Subsection (b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and(4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.(d) On registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer under Chapter 158.Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 552,Sec. 9, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 368,Sec. 43, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 368,Sec. 42, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 35, eff. 9/1/2003.Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 15, eff. 9/1/1997Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.