IN RE: IN THE INTEREST OF A.A., A CHILD The Texas Family Code requires notice for a hearing on the petition for confirmation of a non-agreed child support review order, but does not specify the notice requirements. So, what must be included in such a notice to satisfy the due…
IN THE INTEREST OF B.E.V. AND B.J.V. Can a court modify child support obligations when the parent seeking modification provides no historical financial data and asserts only the most general justification for the increase? The answer is no, according to an opinion from August 23, 2013, by the 302nd Judicial…
You’ve been through a divorce or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, and the other party was ordered to pay child support by the Court, the terms of which were all located within the Court’s final orders. With all orders of child support, the orders state how much the obligor…
The orders from your divorce or suit affecting the parent-child relationship have a special child support clause and it states, typically, the amount of child support you are responsible for as well as the dates that each support payment is due. A few months, or even years, later you realize…
You already have your orders in place from your divorce or suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Now, a petition to modify is filed by the parent who is responsible for paying child support, otherwise known as the obligor parent. You see in their pleadings that they are requesting that the…
Many clients come to Guest & Gray, P.C. in Forney, Texas concerned that if they are ordered to pay child support, does this mean that their social security or inheritance from an estate are subject to the child support order? The answer is plain and simple–appellate courts have held that…
The obligor parent hasn’t been paying the monthly child support as they were court ordered, and you want to go after them for it. So, you hire an attorney at Guest & Gray, P.C. in Forney and they file one of these handy motions on your behalf. In doing so,…
Upon final court orders in a divorce or custody suit, depending upon if you and the other parent have an agreement, the primary or sole conservator (obligee) can be ordered to maintain or secure health insurance for your child and the obligor, as additional child support, is then ordered to…
Picture this scenario. You are in court during a divorce or child custody determination, and you are appointed primary conservator for the child. This means that the other parent is going to be responsible for paying child support. There’s just one issue–the other parent is unemployed or makes a lot…
The Texas Family Code sets out specific guidelines for courts in calculating child support and what the percentage of the obligor’s net resources should be based upon the number of children involved in the suit. The cap on the obligor’s net resources is $7500.00 per month. Even though child support…