Modification of Texas Child Support
I usually receive a telephone call about once a week from someone who has lost their job and asking how they can reduce the amount of child support that they are paying under an existing Dallas, Denton, or Collin County child support court order. Maybe the order is from their Dallas Divorce, the paternity action [...]
Can The Dallas Family Court Use The Net Resources Of My New Spouse To Compute Child Support?
. Remarriage of the parent responsible for making child support payments cannot affect that parent’s child support obligations. The Texas Family Code prohibits using any portion of a spouse’s net resources to calculate child support. An increase in household income resulting from remarriage is not considered when determining a parent’s child support obligations. The Dallas [...]
The Super Bowl of Child Support
That Pro Football Player was the MVP of your heart, but now he want to become a “Free-Agent”. He’s agreed that you can have primary custody of your little champ, but he’s laughing all the way back to the locker room that he only has to pay you 20% of the first $7500 a month [...]
Dangers of a Super Bowl Hook-up
It’s Super Bowl Week in Texas! Time to go out on the town, party, drink it up(responsibly), maybe even take a chance on a Super Bowl hook-up! Sounds great right? Just remember what a one-night-stand can cost you: 20% of your paycheck for the next 18 years. That’s right! If that one-night fling accidentally gets [...]
Five Things to Make Sure You Get Done At the End of Your Texas Divorce
One of the things I see day in and day out is at the moment of the final hearing, mediation, or signing of the final agreement, people think their divorce case is over. Individuals need to be on guard to make sure that all matters are resolved before they burn the divorce papers, sell the [...]
How does Texas Child Support Work?
How does Texas Child Support Work? In our consultations with our Dallas Divorce clients, we typically explain how child support works in Texas as part of that process. The parent who will not have primary possession of the children or who has less time with physical possession of the children compared to the other parent [...]
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