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Legal Information: Texas

Child Support

Laws current as of July 28, 2023

What can I do if the other parent is not paying the ordered child support?

In Texas, the Office of the Attorney General Child Support Division (OAG) is the agency in charge of enforcing court-ordered child support. You can contact them for more information on what steps to take next.

If you’d prefer to try to enforce your order yourself, you can file an enforcement petition with the court. You may want to talk to an attorney before you file to help you decide what to do. You can find an attorney on our Finding a Lawyer page.

If you want to proceed on your own without hiring a lawyer, TexasLawHelp has an article with some suggestions about how to do that.

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