Texas Statutes
§ 8.256 — MOTION TO STAY ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF WITHHOLDING.
Texas § 8.256
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Code FAFamily Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 8.256 (2026).
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Sec. 8.256. MOTION TO STAY ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF WITHHOLDING.
(a)The obligor may stay issuance of a writ of withholding by filing a motion to stay with the clerk of the court not later than the 10th day after the date the notice of application for a writ of withholding was received.
(b)The grounds for filing a motion to stay issuance are limited to a dispute concerning the identity of the obligor or the existence or the amount of the arrearages.
(c)The obligor shall verify that the statements of fact in the motion to stay issuance of the writ are correct.
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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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