Tex.
Fin. Code Section 396.251
Threats or Coercion
(a)
In enforcing a child support obligation, a private child support enforcement agency may not use threats, coercion, or attempts to coerce that employ any of the following practices:(1)
using or threatening to use violence or other criminal means to cause harm to an obligor or property of the obligor;(2)
accusing falsely or threatening to accuse falsely an obligor of a violation of state or federal child support laws;(3)
taking or threatening to take an enforcement action against an obligor that is not authorized by law; or(4)
intentionally representing to a person that the agency is a governmental agency authorized to enforce a child support obligation.(b)
Subsection (a) does not prevent a private child support enforcement agency from:(1)
informing an obligor that the obligor may be subject to penalties prescribed by law for failure to pay a child support obligation; or(2)
taking, or threatening to take, an action authorized by law for the enforcement of a child support obligation by the agency.
Source:
Section 396.251 — Threats or Coercion, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.396.htm#396.251 (accessed May 26, 2025).
