Texas Statutes
§ 8.106 — MAXIMUM AMOUNT WITHHELD FROM EARNINGS.
Texas § 8.106
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Bluebook
Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 8.106 (2026).
Text
Sec. 8.106. MAXIMUM AMOUNT WITHHELD FROM EARNINGS. An order or writ of withholding must direct that an obligor's employer withhold from the obligor's disposable earnings the lesser of:
(1)the amount specified in the order or writ; or
(2)an amount that, when added to the amount of income being withheld by the employer for child support, is equal to 50 percent of the obligor's disposable earnings.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 8.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 8.051
ELIGIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE.§ 8.053
PRESUMPTION.§ 8.055
AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE.§ 8.056
TERMINATION.§ 8.058
MAINTENANCE ARREARAGES.§ 8.0591
OVERPAYMENT.§ 8.060
PUTATIVE SPOUSE.§ 8.061
UNMARRIED COHABITANTS.§ 8.062
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