In Texas if three years have passed since the last court order regarding child support, Dayanara would be entitled to an automatic review of Marc Anthony’s child support obligation.
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Texas Maximum Child Support Cap Is Changing September 1, 2013
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Currently, there is a cap in the monthly net resources used when calculating child support in Texas. The current child support cap in Texas is $7,500.00 net monthly resources per month. Depending on the number of children involved, the monthly net resources are then multiplied by a percentage for the number of children a parent has a duty to support as represented below.
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Having Another Child Will Affect Your Child Support in Texas
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In Texas, when the parent who has a child support obligation has another child, the parent paying child support is entitled to a modification of their child support obligation.
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Texas Supreme Court Holds Child Support Obligor Must be Current on All Child Support to Escape Contempt Under Texas Family Code 157.162(d)
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In an opinion delivered on March 8, 2013 and authored by Justice Lehrmann, the Texas Supreme Court lent clarity to the Family Code’s “purging” provision (Texas Family Code 157.162(d)…
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The High Cost of Informal Child Support Payments
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For obligors (people paying child support) it is important that you strictly follow your child support orders as to the date, amount and method of payment.
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Can I pay my child support directly to the other parent instead of making payments through the State?
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Most Texas divorce decrees and custody orders contain very specific language prohibiting these kinds of payments.
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Statutory Presumptions Don’t Apply to Modification Proceedings
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In a modification of orders regarding children following a Texas divorce, sometimes lawyers get confused about the application of presumptions……
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Supreme Court Finds No Automatic Right to Counsel in Child Support Contempt Proceedings
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The U.S. Supreme Court has found no automatic right to counsel for indigent civil defendants facing jail time, though it ruled on behalf of a father who served a year in prison for failing to pay child support.
Free lawyers aren’t required in such situations, but states must have procedural safeguards in place to help determine whether the parent is able to comply with the support order, according to the majority opinion (PDF) by Justice Stephen G. Breyer.
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US Supreme Court Set to Hear Child Support Contempt Case
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The nation’s top court will hear the appeal of an indigent father who contends his rights were violated because he wasn’t provided an attorney before being jailed for failing to pay child support.
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New Law Puts Credit Card Debt Before Single Moms
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In July, Congress approved the overhaul of financial regulations protecting borrowers against abuses in credit card, mortgage, and other types of lending. However, the new law failed to reform a 2005 bankruptcy law that hurts single mothers and benefits the credit card industry. This law makes it easier for delinquent dads to avoid paying child support and alimony.
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