When you pay child support in Texas and lose your job or experience other circumstances that have a big impact on your life, you may seek to have your child support order undergo modification. If you are currently receiving child support and your child’s needs have...
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What are three things to keep in mind about child support?
There are many financial aspects to a divorce, but the top priority for courts is child support. It is essential to maintain a quality of life for the children in a situation, and child support helps to meet that goal. While every situation is different, there are a...
How does child support work in Texas?
In Texas, the Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division provides services to both custodial and noncustodial parents. This department creates and modifies child support orders as well as enforces these orders when lack of payment occurs, with the goal of...
What help is available to incarcerated parents paying child support?
Being an incarcerated parent is not easy. You lose many rights, which could include rights to seeing your child. However, one thing you do not lose is the responsibility to pay child support. The state of Texas understands, though, that paying your full child support...
How is child support enforced in Texas?
Like other parents in Texas, the court may have ordered you to make monthly payments for the support of your child. Failing to follow through with your child support obligation may not only affect your child’s quality of life, but it may also result in you facing...