The purpose of the record of support order, as required under section 105.008 of the Texas Family Code, is to provide the state case registry with child support order information. Each state is required to maintain a registry of support orders under section 454a of the Social Security Act. Pursuant to chapter 234 of the Family Code, Texas’s title IV-D agency (the Child Support Division of the Office of the Attorney General) colocates the state case registry with the state disbursement unit. The record of support order also ensures that the state disbursement unit receives all the information necessary to process support payments. The record of support order, as promulgated by the title IV-D agency in 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 55.121 (2013), should be completed and filed with the clerk along with the court order for support. Depending on the location, county officials will either fax a copy of the record of support order to the state disbursement unit or enter the information directly into the state disbursement center’s database via a Web application that is available to most counties. Diligence in completing and filing the record of support order will decrease the number of unidentifiable child support payments and prevent unnecessary delays in the disbursement of payments.
In some counties, the clerk of the court may be unfamiliar with the record of support order. In that case, the prudent practitioner may fax a copy of the record of support order directly to the state disbursement unit at 1-210-924-4104.
Record of Support Order
