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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The Title IV-D agency shall make information available in accordance with this section to a consumer reporting agency regarding the amount of child support owed and the amount paid by an obligor in a Title IV-D case.
(b) Before disclosing the information to consumer reporting agencies, the Title IV-D agency shall send the obligor a notice by mail to the obligor's last known address. The notice must include:
(1) the information to be released, including the amount of the obligor's child support obligation and delinquency, if any, that will be reported;
(2) the procedure available for the obligor to contest the accuracy of the information; and
(3) a statement that the information will be released if the obligor fails to contest the disclosure before the 30th day after the date of mailing of the notice.
(c) If the obligor does not contest the disclosure within the period specified by Subsection (b), the Title IV-D agency shall make the information available to the consumer reporting agency.
(d) The Title IV-D agency shall regularly update the information released to a consumer reporting agency under this section to ensure the accuracy of the released information.
(e) The Title IV-D agency may charge a consumer reporting agency a reasonable fee for making information available under this section, including all applicable mailing costs.
(f) In this section:
(1) “Consumer reporting agency” means any person that regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for monetary fees, for dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, to furnish consumer reports to third parties.
(2) “Obligor” means any person required to make payments under the terms of a support order for a child.
(3) “Title IV-D case” means a case in which services are being provided by the Title IV-D agency under Part D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.) seeking to locate an absent parent, determine parentage, or establish, modify, enforce, or monitor a child support obligation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Family Code - FAM § 231.114. Reports of Child Support Payments to Consumer Reporting Agencies - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/family-code/fam-sect-231-114/
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