Section 231.015 of the Family Code requires the Child Support Division of the Office of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Texas Department of Insurance and representatives of the insurance industry, to establish by rule a pilot program whereby insurance companies may voluntarily cooperate with the Child Support Division in matching the names of those individuals who are or may be due liability insurance settlements or awards with the names of obligors who owe past-due child support. When such an individual is identified, the Child Support Division will file a child support lien on the pending settlement or award to secure the payment of past-due support. This subchapter explains how the matching process and the lien process work.

Source Note:The provisions of this §55.601 adopted to be effective June 10, 2003, 28 TexReg 4409; amended to be effective March 5, 2008, 33 TexReg 1762.