EMPLOYMENT SERVICES-RELATED ORDERS FOR UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED OBLIGORS.
Tex. FAM Code § 154.017.
in effect(a) When establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support obligation, a court or Title IV-D agency may render an order requiring an unemployed or underemployed obligor to:
(1) enroll and participate fully in a program available in the obligor's community that provides employment assistance, skills training, or job placement services; or
(2) work, have a plan to pay child support, or participate in work activities appropriate to pay the support obligation.
(b) An order rendered under this section is enforceable as provided by Chapter 157 .
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 152 (S.B. 870 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
SUBCHAPTER B. COMPUTING NET RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT