VOLUNTARY WRIT OF WITHHOLDING BY OBLIGOR

(a) An obligor may file with the clerk of the court a notarized or acknowledged request signed by the obligor and the obligee for the issuance and delivery to the obligor's employer of a writ of withholding. The obligor may file the request under this section regardless of whether a writ or order has been served on any party or whether the obligor owes arrearages. (b) On receipt of a request under this section, the clerk shall issue and deliver a writ of withholding in the manner provided by this subchapter. (c) An employer who receives a writ of withholding issued under this section may request a hearing in the same manner and according to the same terms provided by Section 8.205. (d) An obligor whose employer receives a writ of withholding issued under this section may request a hearing in the manner provided by Section 8. 258. (e) An obligee may contest a writ of income withholding issued under this section by requesting, not later than the 180th day after the date on which the obligee discovers that the writ was issued, a hearing to be conducted in the manner provided by Section 8.258 for a hearing on a motion to stay. (f) A writ of withholding under this section may not reduce the total amount of spousal maintenance, including arrearages, owed by the obligor.