Texas law provides for the private party enforcement of child support orders. The Texas Family Code provides that child support obligors can not only be held in contempt for failing to pay court ordered child support, but also can be incarcerated for intentional or willful failure to pay court ordered child support.
Remedies available to individuals attempting to enforce child support orders include the seeking of the back child support, interest on the back child support, findings of contempt, orders of commitment for the purpose of incarcerating the obligor, payroll deduction, asset seizures, license suspension and reimbursement of lawyers fees for having to pursue the enforcement.
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