Income Withholding

Benefits

Income withholding assists families in the following ways:

• Paying child support regularly keeps the parent who owes child support from having to repeatedly return to court to answer charges of non-payment.
• The parent who is owed child support will not have to face economic hardships because of failure to receive regular and timely child support.
• Child support paid to a family on public assistance can make the difference between getting the family off public assistance and making it self-sufficient.

Income withholding also benefits employers:

• Reduces the time an employee has to be absent from work for court appearances in support disputes
• Reduces the psychological stress that a custodial parent experiences when support payments are missed and the family suffers financial hardship, making the custodial parent employee more productive on the job
• Eliminates the paying parent’s stress from handling personal finances caused when he (or she) must balance his child’s needs with other financial obligations, which can hurt job performance
• Helps reduce the cost of government, thereby helping to reduce taxes by placing the responsibility of supporting children on the children’s parents rather than taxpayers

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• Responsibilities
• Administrative Writ vs Judicial Process
• Employers of Military Reservists and National Guard
• Third-Party Agents
• Electronic Process
• Download Instructions for Retrieving Income Withholding Order/Notices
• Multiple Orders
• Examples of Handling Multiple Orders
• Determining the Amount to Be Withheld
• Definitions Established by the Texas Family Code
• Medical Support Deductions
• Multiple Orders
• Calculating Withholding Amount for Varying Pay Cycles
• Remitting Withheld Amount
• Additional Withholding Categories
• Spousal Support
• Lump Sum
• Severance Pay
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• Statutes
• Helpful Tips
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