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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 157.265, Family Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 157.265. ACCRUAL OF INTEREST ON CHILD SUPPORT. (a) |
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Interest accrues on the portion of delinquent child support that is |
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greater than the amount of the monthly periodic support obligation |
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at the interest rate determined under Section 304.003, Finance |
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Code, [rate of six percent simple interest per year] from the date |
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the support is delinquent until the date the support is paid or the |
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arrearages are confirmed and reduced to money judgment. |
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(b) Interest accrues on child support arrearages that have |
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been confirmed and reduced to money judgment as provided in this |
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subchapter at the interest rate determined under Section 304.003, |
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Finance Code, [rate of six percent simple interest per year] from |
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the date the order is rendered until the date the judgment is paid. |
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(c) Interest accrues on a money judgment for retroactive or |
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lump-sum child support at the interest rate determined under |
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Section 304.003, Finance Code, [annual rate of six percent simple |
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interest] from the date the order is rendered until the judgment is |
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paid. |
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(d) Subsection (a) applies to a child support payment that |
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becomes due on or after January 1, 2026 [2002]. |
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(e) Child support arrearages in existence on January 1, 2026 |
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[2002], that were not confirmed and reduced to a money judgment on |
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or before that date accrue interest as follows: |
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(1) before January 1, 2026 [2002], the arrearages are |
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subject to the interest rate that applied to the arrearages before |
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that date; and |
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(2) on and after January 1, 2026 [2002], the |
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cumulative total of arrearages and interest accumulated on those |
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arrearages described by Subdivision (1) is subject to Subsection |
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(a). |
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(f) Subsections (b) and (c) apply to a money judgment for |
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child support rendered on or after January 1, 2026 [2002]. A money |
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judgment for child support rendered before that date is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the judgment was rendered, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. |