The committee heard from divorced parents who have had trouble collecting child support and exercising their visitation rights. Parents told the committee that people who get divorced need to realize that there is no way out of child support and it must be paid. They also said that enforcement of court-ordered child support varies from one county to another in Texas, as local prosecutors have differing priorities. One said that Comal County simply refused to enforce her child support order, even though the other parent was making a lot of money. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
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