When you send those child support payments to your ex, you expect that they’re going to be used to care for the child. You imagine that means things like buying new clothes for school or ensuring that they always have enough to eat. You know well that raising a child...
When do child support payments stop after a Texas divorce?
Balancing your budget after a divorce isn't easy. If you pay child support, your financial obligations can reduce your disposable income every month. If you receive child support, it can be hard to know if you are going to receive the full amount and if it will come...
What happens when you cannot pay child support in Texas?
Many things can occur that make it difficult to meet your child support obligations. Perhaps you have lost your job or suffered a long-term illness that kept you away from work. You may believe you can catch up on your obligations soon. However, falling behind is...
Managing child support after a job loss
Non-custodial parents in Texas pay child support that amounts to a percentage of their income. Therefore, due to the increased difficulty that suddenly laid-off parents will likely have with making payments, they could have grounds for a modification to the child...
Many people unable to register vehicles for unpaid child support
It is important for parents in Texas to provide for their children. This is true whether the parents are married, divorced, separated or were never together. When parents are no longer together, most of the time one parent is actually court ordered to provide for...
Deviations from the child support guidelines in Texas
There are many parents in Texas who are divorced or separated from the other parent. Most of these parents have a child support order in place, which orders the non-custodial parent to pay child support to the custodial parent. The law wants to make sure that each...
How long does one have to pay child support in Texas?
Raising a child in Texas is not always an easy task. This is true both on the behavioral aspects of parenting and the financial side. It can be quite expensive to ensure that a child's needs are met. Parents generally work together in meeting the financial needs of...
What you need to know about child support in Texas
Some of the most difficult cases that go through the judicial process are cases that involve child support issues. Most parents want what is best for their children, but the acrimony that can exist between two parents can make these types of cases toxic. For those who...
How an attorney can help in a child support case
The residents of Round Rock and the greater Austin metro area might think that most child support cases these days can be resolved without the help of an attorney. After all, some might see the calculation of child support to simply be a matter of doing the math to...
What is counted as income for child support purposes?
Parents in Round Rock and the greater Austin metro area who do not live together know that child support is going to be part of their lives, as it is well-established both in Texas and the other states that parents have a duty to support their children. What some...