Child Support General Information

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Sec. 158.106. REQUIRED FORMS FOR INCOME WITHHOLDING. (a) The Title IV-D agency shall prescribe forms as required by federal law in a standard format entitled order or notice to withhold income for child support under this chapter.(b) The Title IV-D agency shall make the required forms available to obligors, obligees, domestic relations offices, friends of the court, clerks of the court, and private attorneys.(c) The Title IV-D agency may prescribe additional forms for the efficient collection of child support from earnings and to promote the administration of justice for all parties.(d) The forms prescribed by the Title IV-D agency under this section shall be used:(1) for an order or judicial writ of income withholding under this chapter; and(2) to request voluntary withholding under Section 158.011.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 355), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013.

To view forms, by clicking on the link, you will be redirected from the Harris County District Clerk web site: https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/cs/cs-forms

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has been mandated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 to implement state disbursement unit (SDU) for the centralized collection and disbursement of child support payments in Texas. The disbursement unit processes child support payments in all cases (causes) where the support orders were issued after Jan. 1, 1994 and payments are subject to wage withholding.

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Payment Types Legend Provides an explanation of the Payment Type codes

Use this legend when viewing Harris County Payment History to gain a better understanding of the Payment Types column.

Payment Type	Description
CA	CASH - Indicates a cash payment.
CC	CASHIER’S CHECK - Indicates a cashier’s check payment.
CO	COMPANY CHECK - Indicates a company check payment.
CP	CANCELED PAYMENT - This is an entry made to cancel a payment issued in error or if we received a return item from the bank due to insufficient funds, stop payment, etc. We will collect future payments on this account until the cancelled payment is paid in full.
DP	DISBURSE PAYMENT - The disbursement of a payment that was previously being held as an UN, VU or RU.
GC	GOVERNMENT CHECK - A check issued from a governmental entity.
LB	LOCK BOX - Indicates that the payment was processed through our lock box operation.
MO	MONEY ORDER - Indicates a money order payment.
OA	ON ACCOUNT - These are funds collected as a recovery for a canceled payment. This money is never sent to the payee; it is a recovery to the child support office.
OT	OTHER - This indicates another type of payment.
PH	PAYMENT HISTORY INPUT - When an internal adjustment is performed by inputting payments on a case (cause) payment history.
PA	PAYMENT HISTORY ADJUSTMENT - When an internal adjustment is performed to indicate that a payment was not actually received on that payment history.
PC	PERSONAL CHECK - Indicates a personal check payment.
RA	RE-ISSUED ON ACCOUNT - These funds were collected by our office because there was a canceled payment on the account.
RI	RE-ISSUED - A check that was reissued due to a void (VO).
RU	REISSUED UNDELIVERABLE - When a case (cause) has been flagged with a bad address prior to the check being voided.
SC	STATE COLLECTION -indicates that the payment was processed by the State Disbursement Unit.
UN	UNDELIVERABLE - Indicates the payment was received and we were not able to disburse the funds due to the lack of a current address. These funds remain in the payable amount until we receive a current address.
VA	VOID ACH - Funds were returned by the payee's bank for various reasons.
VU	VOID UNDELIVERABLE - This indicates that a check was returned to us by the Post Office due to a bad address.
VO	VOID - These are checks that have been voided either by request of a stop payment or returned to our office for reissue either to the same case (cause) or, in some situations it is reissued to a different case (cause). A VO will always have an associated RI, RU, or RA either on that case (cause) or on another case (cause).

Payment History Report Legend Provides an explanation of the headings for each column