Child Support in Texas follows
a gradual pay scale.
In order for one spouse to receive child support from
another spouse in a divorce, many factors are taken into
consideration:
- How much money each spouse makes
- Who the children will be living with most of the time
- How old the children are
- Many other factors depending on the situation
The main thing the courts want to do is make a divorce as
stress-free as possible for any children involved.
If you come to an amicable agreement without a judge having
to step in, all the judge will have to do is approve it, and it
becomes the rule. One spouse making significantly more
than the other spouse will probably end up having to pay some
child support in most divorces, especially those caused by
"irreconcilable differences". Unless of course the reason
for the divorce is something else, in which case the offending
party probably would not get much in the way of child support or
custodial rights.
The pay scale for child support in Texas is a sliding scale,
but it changes often, the best way to see what the scale is
would be to contact an attorney who may specialize in child
support cases, most family law lawyers can point you in the
right direction.
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