Sec. 231.105. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF PAYEE. (a) Child support payments for the benefit of a child whose support rights have been assigned to the Title IV-D agency under Section 231.104 shall be made payable to the Title IV-D agency and transmitted to the state disbursement unit as provided by Chapter 234 . (b) If a court has ordered support payments to be made to an applicant for or recipient of financial assistance or to an applicant for or recipient of Title IV-D services, the Title IV-D agency shall, on providing notice to the obligee and the obligor, direct the obligor or other payor to make support payments payable to the Title IV-D agency and to transmit the payments to the state disbursement unit. The Title IV-D agency shall file a copy of the notice with the court ordering the payments and with the child support registry. The notice must include: (1) a statement that the child is an applicant for or recipient of financial assistance, or a child other than a recipient child for whom Title IV-D services are provided; (2) the name of the child and the caretaker for whom support has been ordered by the court; (3) the style and cause number of the case in which support was ordered; and (4) instructions for the payment of ordered support to the agency. (c) On receipt of a copy of the notice under Subsection (b), the clerk of the court shall file the notice in the appropriate case file.
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