Child Support Attorney in McKinney, Texas
Which parent is responsible for child support in Texas?
Which parent is responsible for child support in Texas?
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either parent
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or neither parent can end up being
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responsible for
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paying child support it is generally
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based upon
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the possession schedule that the parents
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share of the child
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the texas family code only includes one
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possession schedule that has two
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different variations
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a standard possession order or expanded
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standard possession order
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which has one parent as the primary
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parent and the other parent
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the non-primary parent would pay child
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support the family code
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provides guidelines for calculating
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child support
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in the standard possession order
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scenario which is based on a certain
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percentage of the non-primary parent’s
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income up to a certain cap right now
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that cap is the first ninety two hundred
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dollars in net resources
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which hits at about 150 or 160 thousand
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dollars
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it can vary a little bit in a 50 50
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schedule
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there’s nothing in the family code about
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a 50 50 possession schedule
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and there’s nothing in the family code
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about child support in a 50 50 schedule
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but we do see it a lot and typically
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what we would do in a 50 50 schedule
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is what’s called an offset we would have
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calculate how much one parent would pay
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under the guidelines
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how much would the other parent pay
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under the guidelines and whoever makes
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more money would pay the difference
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if the parties made basically equal
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money then neither parent would be
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paying child support to the other in a
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50 50 schedule
Dallas, TX family law attorney Holly Draper explains which parent is responsible for child support in Texas.
