Sec. 159.501.  EMPLOYER'S RECEIPT OF INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.  An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee or by the support enforcement agency to the person defined as the obligor's employer under Chapter 158 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.