Section 8.259 – Special Exceptions

(a) A defect in a notice of application for a writ of withholding is waived unless the respondent specially excepts in writing and cites with particularity the alleged defect, obscurity, or other ambiguity in the notice.(b) A special exception under this section must...

Section 8.258 – Hearing On Motion To Stay

(a) If the obligor files a motion to stay as provided by Section 8.256, the court shall set a hearing on the motion and the clerk of the court shall notify the obligor and obligee of the date, time, and place of the hearing.(b) The court shall hold a hearing on the...

Section 8.257 – Effect Of Filing Motion To Stay

If the obligor files a motion to stay as provided by Section 8.256, the clerk of the court may not deliver the writ of withholding to the obligor’s employer before a hearing is held.Tex. Fam. Code ยง 8.257Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....