Texas Attorney General Income Withholding For Support

For example if an employer is directed to withhold 300 semi monthly for current support the amount due for current support over a one year period is 300 x 24 7200.

Texas attorney general income withholding for support. Withholding for support has priority over any other legal process under state law against the same income section 466 b 7 of the social security act. Income withholding has become the most successful and efficient tool for collecting child support. If this iwo instructs you to send a payment to an entity other than an sdu e g payable to the custodial party court or attorney you must check the box above and return this notice to the sender. If semi monthly withholding amount multiply by 24.

When the office of the attorney general receives your employment information we send a notification to your employer so that your support payments can be automatically held out of your paycheck. Income withholding for support. Wage withholding lets you make your child support payments through your regular paycheck. Employer authorization for third party reporting oag form 1840 revocation for third party reporting oag form 1841 order notice to withhold income for child support example form 3n051 lump sum notification.

Below is a list of forms that may be useful when dealing with income withholding. Today employers withholding employees wages constitutes over 80 percent of all collections in cases enforced by the office of the attorney general s oag s child support division csd iv d full service cases. The office of the attorney general as the title iv d agency is required to prescribe income withhold ing forms required by federal law in a standard format. Eighty percent of all child support payments are made through wage withholding.

If monthly withholding amount multiply by 12. Texas family code definitions. The texas family code provides definitions that determine the maximum amount that can be withheld for support from an employee s earnings. If a federal tax levy is in effect please notify the sender.