in Re the Office of the Attorney General
Texas Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lehrmann
“The court may not find a respondent in contempt of court for failure to pay child support if the respondent appears at the hearing with ... evidence ... showing that the respondent is current in the payment of child support as ordered by the court.” Tex. Fam.Code § 157.162(d). We are called upon to interpret this section of the Texas Family Code, which provides a mechanism by which an obligor who has violated a child support order may avoid a contempt finding. We hold that this language is unambiguous and means what it says: an obligor must be current on court-ordered child support payments…
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