AUTHORITY AND DUTIES

(a) A friend of the court may coordinate nonjudicial efforts to improve compliance with a court order relating to child support or possession of or access to a child by use of: (1) telephone communication; (2) written communication; (3) one or more volunteer advocates under Chapter 107; (4) informal pretrial consultation; (5) one or more of the alternate dispute resolution methods under Chapter 154, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; (6) a licensed social worker; (7) a family mediator; and (8) employment agencies, retraining programs, and any similar resources to ensure that both parents can meet their financial obligations to the child. (b) A friend of the court, not later than the 15th day of the month following the reporting month: (1) shall report to the court or monitor reports made to the court on: (A) the amount of child support collected as a percentage of the amount ordered; and (B) efforts to ensure compliance with orders relating to possession of or access to a child; and (2) may file an action to enforce, clarify, or modify a court order relating to child support or possession of or access to a child. (c) A friend of the court may file a notice of delinquency and a request for a writ of income withholding under Chapter 158 in order to enforce a child support order.