Texas Child Support Guidelines Carrollton Texas family lawyers

The Guerra Law Firm

Carrollton TX Family Law Attorneys

Firm Overview

Attorney Profile

Practice Areas

Resources

Contact Us

The Guerra Law Firm

1930 E Rosemeade Pkwy, Ste 211

Carrollton, TX 75007

Phone: 972-939-4587

Fax: 972-939-4657

Call today

972-939-4587

Texas Child Support Guidelines

To determine the obligation of the non-custodial parent for child support in Texas, the Court will want to know that person's net income. This is usually determined by starting with the gross annual income and dividing that number by 12 to get the gross monthly income. The Texas Family Code specifies the type and amount of taxes that should be deducted from this gross income amount to arrive at the monthly net income to use for the child support calculation. Each year, the Texas Attorney General provides a new tax chart that simplifies the calculation of these authorized tax deductions. See http://www.oag.state.tx.us/cs/taxcharts/2009taxchart.pdf.

Under the Texas child support guidelines, the percentage of net monthly income to be paid will vary according to the number of children to be supported.

CALCULATE CHILD SUPPORT ON NET RESOURCES OF $7,500.00 OR LESS

The Texas child support laws are designed to apply to situations in which the obligor's monthly net resources are $7,500.00 or less. Normally the child support is calculated according to the following percentages:

1 child	20% of the Obligor's net resources
2 children	25% of the Obligor's net resources
3 children	30% of the Obligor's net resources
4 children	35% of the Obligor's net resources
5 children	40% of the Obligor's net resources
6+ children	Not less than the amount for 5 children

However, the percentage of net monthly income to be paid as child support will be reduced if the obligor has a duty to support children in more than one household:

CALCULATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ADJUSTED FOR MULTIPLE FAMILIES (% OF NET RESOURCES)

	Number of children before the Court
Number of other children the obligor has a duty to support		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	0	20.00	25.00	30.00	35.00	40.00	40.00	40.00
	1	17.50	22.50	27.38	32.20	37.23	37.71	38.00
	2	16.00	20.63	25.20	30.33	35.43	36.00	36.44
	3	14.75	19.00	24.00	29.00	34.00	34.67	35.20
	4	13.60	18.33	23.14	28.00	32.89	33.60	34.18
	5	13.33	17.86	22.50	27.22	32.00	32.73	33.33
	6	13.14	17.50	22.00	26.60	31.27	32.00	32.62
	7	13.00	17.22	21.60	26.09	30.67	31.38	32.00

The Judge has the authority to set child support above or below the standard guideline amount, depending on the facts of your case. Hire an experienced child support lawyer from The Guerra Law Firm to represent your position at Court, to help you get child support set at a fair and reasonable amount.

This web site is designed for general information only. The information presented at this site should not be construed to be legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship. Persons accessing this information should seek legal counsel for advice regarding their individual legal issues. Prior to establishing an attorney/client relationship with the firm, it will necessary for you to speak directly with an attorney of the firm, and for us to determine if a conflict exists which would prevent representation. Until such time as the attorney/client relationship is established, you should not consider any communication with us, in any form, to be privileged or confidential. Further, please do not send any privileged or confidential information to a member of the firm via this website.