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How is the amount of child support determined in Texas?
How is the amount of child support determined in Texas?
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child support is determined
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primarily based on the non-custodial
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parent’s
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income and the number of children he or
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she has
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so in texas we follow a formula first
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the court will decide the number of the
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individual’s net average income
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and that income is decided based on
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their monthly income any bonuses or any
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additional income
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they make and then taking that number
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and subtracting proper deductions such
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as
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any state income tax that he or she pays
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any amount that he or she pays for
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their child’s health or dental insurance
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and any union fee
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he or she may pay and then after that
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amount
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is netted and calculated the court
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will apply a percentage to that amount
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based on the number of children he has
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or she has
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for one child the amount is twenty
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percent so
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they will apply a and a calculation
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to um determine based on the children
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and that
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percentage goes up um all the way up to
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40
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um the court will also take into
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consideration whether
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um the parent is paying child support
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for
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a child that is not of this relationship
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so that’s how
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child support is calculated in texas
Houston, TX family law attorney Winnie Cheung explains how the amount of child support is determined in Texas.
