Terms Used In Texas Family Code 159.501

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

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.