Our experienced team has helped many Kaufman County residents with child support cases. We will help you resolve your case so you can care for your family and move forward with your life. A calculation of net income begins with the parent's gross income. Gross income includes almost all income: salary, rental payments, sales commissions, overtime pay, tips, gifts, gambling proceeds, bonuses, interest, dividends, rental income, royalty income, disability income, and almost any other source of money.
Gross income also includes the fair market value of goods or services received as payment by a parent. After you determine net income, multiply it by a percentage from the Texas Family Code.
The percentage varies depending on the number of children the parent is required to support, and also may be adjusted down slightly if the debtor parent owes child support to a child from a previous relationship or marriage. We can help you with the important steps you need to take to care for your family.
This is done by first calculating gross income on an annual basis. Remember, when you calculate annual gross income, if you get paid a fixed amount, take the gross amount paid without taking out taxes, social security, or other deductions and multiply it by 52 if paid weekly, multiply it by 12 if paid monthly, by 24 if paid two times per month, or by 26 if paid every two weeks.
Divide the annual gross income you get by 12 to give you average monthly gross income, then subtract the following from the average monthly income to give you average net monthly resources:. To determine the amount of monthly child support, apply the percentages below in Table 1 to the average net monthly resources you just calculated.
If the child receives social security or disability benefits from the paying spouse's old age social security or disability benefits, those amounts are subtracted from the total amount of child support as calculated under the Texas child support guidelines. A court may order one or both parents depending on their circumstances to pay the difference between the Texas guideline child support amount and the child's "proven needs", but the judge cannot order more than the presumptive Texas guideline amount of child support or one hundred percent of the child's "proven needs", whichever is greater unless of course the parents agree to that amount.
The Texas guideline percentage of average net monthly resources you pay for child support is lower if you have other biological or adopted children you support from a previous relationship or a court order to support another child. See table 1 above. The chart below shows the percentages of net resources depending on how many children there are before the court and how many other children biological or adopted there are to be supported.
A judge may adjust child support up or down from the presumptive amount under the Texas child support guidelines depending on:. If you are getting divorced and have children or you are unmarried parents, you will need to decide custody and a parenting plan if those have not already been addressed in a previous court action.
Figuring out who makes decisions for the child, where the child will live and go to school, and when he or she will see each parent can be more emotional and difficult than reaching agreement on child support. We see parents for child support , custody , and parenting plan mediation in Colleyville, Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth or through tele-mediation over Zoom for Texas residents anywhere in the state, United States, or the world.
Yes, really! Search form Search. How do I calculate my child support payment in Texas? The law does not have a minimum amount of child support that must be paid, but families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF or certain other federal benefits like Medicaid should automatically receive child support services from Texas's Attorney General's Office. A court presumes that the guideline support amount is appropriate.
Sometimes, however, the amount given by the guidelines is unfair and doesn't serve a child's best interests. If you think child support should be decreased or increased before a court issues the order, then you can ask the court to adjust it.
Once you ask, a court will review all relevant factors, but especially the following, to adjust the amount of child support either up or down:. Establishing child support is only half the battle, you'll also need to collect support. A noncustodial parent must pay the full amount of support each month as ordered. If your order doesn't specify otherwise, a parent can pay child support in the form of cash, check, bank transfer, direct deposit, Zelle, or Venmo.
Once a child support order is in place, you can still ask a court or the Texas Attorney General's Office via the Child Support Review Process or CSRP to review it at any time if either parent experiences a material and substantial change in circumstances.
Usually, a substantial change is a significant shift in custody, job loss, or international relocation , but there can be other reasons. The threshold is lower if an order has been in place for three years or more. For more information on issues related to child support, see our section on Texas Divorce and Family Law. The guidelines are also in the Texas Family Code Sections To enforce a child support order, visit the Texas Attorney General's Office website , or call the toll-free number The information provided on this site is not legal advice, does not constitute a lawyer referral service, and no attorney-client or confidential relationship is or will be formed by use of the site.
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