81R771 KKA-F
By: Phillips H.B. No. 2984
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to child support arrearages and a counterclaim or offset
based on certain disability payments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 157.262(f), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) A lump sum dependent's disability payment made by the
Social Security Administration or the Veterans Administration to
the obligee for the benefit of the child as a result of the
obligor's disability may be used by the obligor as a counterclaim or
offset to a [The] money judgment for arrearages [rendered by the
court may be subject to a counterclaim or offset as provided by this
subchapter].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
motion for enforcement of child support that is pending in a trial
court on or filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.