Section 8.101 – Income Withholding; General Rule

(a) In a proceeding in which periodic payments of spousal maintenance are ordered, modified, or enforced, the court may order that income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor as provided by this chapter.(a-1) The court may order that income be...

Section 8.061 – Unmarried Cohabitants

An order for maintenance is not authorized between unmarried cohabitants under any circumstances.Tex. Fam. Code § 8.061Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 8.011 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,...

Section 8.060 – Putative Spouse

In a suit to declare a marriage void, a putative spouse who did not have knowledge of an existing impediment to a valid marriage may be awarded maintenance if otherwise qualified to receive maintenance under this chapter.Tex. Fam. Code § 8.060Added by Acts 1997, 75th...