Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

I had a child support case that ended in July of 2011 for current support. There were some arrears on the case in '98 that I have been paying on since then. I got a call from the AG's office at the end of July 2011 asking me for the original divorce decree. I had no access to this so I am assuming they requested it from the local county clerks office. I noticed online on September 2nd that they had an amount of princ showing 38+ thousand, 26+ thousand interest and a total oweing of 65+ thousand. I called on Sept. 6th because obviously they did not have payment records from '95 thru Jan '06 that the county clerks office had taken in. They told me the computer automatically generates a number and they would request payment record from county clerks office. Also, that the case would be put on hold until they got the correct amount being owed. AG's office took over the case in Jan '06. So today, Sept 10th, I get several letters from them stating I owe the above mentioned amount, they sent my employer a withholding order for 705.00 monthly on those arrears and also are attempting to report the 65 thousand on my credit report. So my question is, do I have some sort of legal rights being they never took the 34 thousand I paid to county clerks office into consideration before they sent a witholding order to my employer and also are reporting the wrong amount on my credit report. Should I hire a lawyer to try and resolve this matter for me. If I do, can I request the AG's office to reimburse me for my out of pocket cost for their error? Thanks in advance for your answer.

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