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Generally speaking, the payment of child support is intended to ensure that the child has the financial wherewithal to grow up to be successful members of society. Whether that child support comes about from a divorce , child custody or paternity ...

We discussed yesterday the sort of circumstances that could lead a court to determine that the Guideline levels of support as set forth in the Texas Family Code are not appropriate. Indeed, if you are a parent who is on the hook for support your ...

Once the father of your child signs an Acknowledgment of Paternity he will become the legal father of your child as soon as you also sign an Acknowledgment of Paternity stating he is the father, as well. From that point forward, he will be ...

Do you have questions about child support ? Do you not know if you have been ordered to pay child support? Are you outwork and unable to afford the child support payments that you know that you need to make? Have you been to court? Was the court ...

Recently, a prior client who I had represented in her divorce came in to discuss some recent developments in her case. Her questions caused me to look into an area of child support law that I was aware of but have not had occasion to deal with. ...

If you are wanting to begin a family law case involving child support matters it is recommended that you contact an attorney before doing so. I know- shock of the century- a family law attorney is recommending that you hire a family law attorney. ...

In Texas, child support is most always owed by the parent who does not have primary custody of the child. How child support is owed is set by a statutorily based percentage to the owing party's net income (gross income minus social security taxes and ...

This article addresses whether strings can be attached by a parent on how the child support they pay is used in Harris and Montgomery County in Texas. I periodically get questions such as “can I pay the child support directly to my child instead of ...

In yesterday’s blog post from the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC , we introduced our topic of child support cases from the noncustodial parent’s perspective. You are the non-custodial parent if your child does not primarily reside with you and ...

What happens if you were to lose your job? Do you still have to pay child support? Generations before our own saw people starting work with an employer at a young age. The worker would often time remain with that employer for sometimes decades into ...

With great regularity, people walk into the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC to speak to one of our attorneys about the subject of child support . This is a subject that is almost always an issue that is debated during divorce and child custody cases ...

It is not uncommon for a client to express concern to me regarding possible changes to their income during a divorce in relation to their obligations to pay child support . What I usually tell them is in general after a divorce property issues are ...

If you are responsible for paying child support and are also facing the possibility of going to jail or prison for having committed a crime, you likely have a lot on your mind right now. At the forefront of your mind are hopefully questions about how ...

If you are a parent who is anticipating a divorce in your and your spouse’s futures, then you are almost undoubtedly aware that child support is going to come into play. Either you will be on the hook to pay child support if you are the parent with ...

If you have not already done so, please feel free to read yesterday’s blog post from the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC where we began our discussion of medical and child support in Texas . This subject is one that current and former clients of our ...

No one wants to think about the tragic loss of a loved one, but if it happens, there are often issues that must be resolved in the following months. If a parent who owes child support dies, there are obligations that remain in place, since the ...

For many of you reading this blog you probably have no idea how to begin a child support case . It could be that as the noncustodial parent of your child you have limited access right now even to see your child. Starting a child support case may be ...

Many potential clients of the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC come into our office for a consultation and have a concern about one subject in particular prior to engaging in a divorce or child custody case : child support . These potential clients ...

Many of my consults revolve around child support. Sometimes people are coming to see me because they are unable to pay child support . Other times it is because things had been going well both parents had come to an agreement after child support had ...

Unless you and your spouse have resolved all issues in a divorce, your Texas divorce will more than likely be considered "contested". If your case is contested and goes to a court the Judge will be using the family code to calculate child support . ...

Quite frequently when I meet with potential clients who are interested in establishing child support after breaking up with their Ex they are also interested in establishing retroactive child support. They want to know if retroactive child support is ...

Are you a parent who is about to embark on a divorce journey, yet have no real idea how to think about child support ? It could be that you are the parent who stands to receive child support from an ex-spouse. On the other hand, the shoe could be on ...

When we use the term “ joint custody ” what do we mean, exactly? Custody as a word does not appear in the Texas Family Code even once. It is a term that we use to combine all aspects of parenting after a divorce- visitation, possession, access, and ...

In my years as a family law attorney in Texas, there are few subjects that draw people's ire quite like child support. Seemingly no matter what kind of situation you or your spouse are in financially, it happens without exception that nobody is ...

A benefit of being one of the attorneys working at the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC is that I have the opportunity to meet with many in our community to talk to them about their problems and to see if our office can help the potential client and ...

In order to determine your potential responsibility for child support it’s necessary to first figure out how child support is actually calculated . The state of Texas calculates current child support by: Determining the amount of your income that is ...

The Office of the Attorney General ( OAG ) in Texas is not able to work on custody or visitation problems that you may have. Although your child’s mother may have filed a child support case against you, you cannot come back and attempt to adjust ...

Child Support Enforcement Compassionate Family Law Attorneys in Houston, Texas The Child Support Division of the Office of the Attorney General in Texas is responsible for establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support orders in the state. If ...

One of the major concerns families have when going through a Texas divorce is how support will be paid to the custodial parent from the non-custodial parent. Custodial, for clarification’s sake, is the language that our State utilizes to define the ...

The amount of time that you are in possession of your child after a divorce determines whether or not you will be responsible for paying or receiving child support . Should you be named the primary conservator of your child this means that you have ...

If you have gone to a family law court in Texas and had an order issued from the judge that relates to child support (known as an Order in Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship ( SAPCR ) then that court will continue to have jurisdiction to change ...

Yesterday we spent a great deal of our blog post discussing the subject of how to modify a prior child support order in Texas. I can tell you from experience meeting with many clients of the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC at their initial ...

Unfortunately, some spouses do not feel an obligation to support their children after a divorce . I have heard all kinds of excuses from “I shouldn’t have to pay because I have a car note” to “I already behind on my child support on another child.” ...

Of all the subjects surrounding a divorce , child support seems to garner the most extreme opinions from parents. The child support levels are either too high or not high enough, depending upon your perspective. Daycare, clothing, food, rent, etc. ...

Recently I had a consult with a potential client who was inquiring about modifying a child support order . This is a very common occurrence over the course of a child’s life and something we see frequently in our office. However, there were a couple ...