mobo123
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Question on Child Support (texas)
I am wondering, what is child support setup for and what should be extra? N and I had this discussion previously. I always thought CS was for basic living expenses, food, etc. Daycare and extra curricular are extra. N of course thinks I am trying to take all his money. In reality I know how much kids cost. My other child from previous relationship is now 16. Her ec activities and daycare ate me alive!
Are there any legal definitions out there?
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Oct/29/2009, 1:18 pm
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Re: Question on Child Support (texas)
It depends on the state you are in. Day care is usually part of the child support calculations though. EC stuff is a toss up.
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Oct/29/2009, 5:01 pm
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Re: Question on Child Support (texas)
Mobo,
I found this on the internet so take it with a grain of salt--
The Texas Family Code contains guidelines for the computation of child support. The guidelines are specifically designed to apply to situations in which the obligor's monthly net resouces are $6,000.00 or less. In such cases, the court presumptively aplies the following schedule:
1 child - 20% of Obligor's Net Resources
2 children - 25%
3 children - 30%
4 children - 35%
5 children - 40%
6 or more - Not less than 40%
If the obligor's net resources exceed $6,000.00 per month, the Court shall presumptively apply the above percentages to the first $6,000.00 of net resources. Without further reference to the percentage, the court may order additional amounts of child support. The court may not order the obligor to pay more child support than the presumptive amount (as calculated by multiplying the above applicable percentage times $6,000.00) or an amount equal to 100% of the proven needs of the child, whichever is greater.
In addition to monthly child support payments, the payor is required to maintain the children on the payor's employment health insurance policy. If insurance is not available through the payor's employment, but is available through the payee's employment, the payor will be ordered to pay the premium costs. If insurance is not available through either parties' employment, the payor will be ordered to provide insurance coverage to the extent available and affordable. Additionally, the Court usually makes orders regarding the payment of deductibles and other uninsured expenses.
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Oct/30/2009, 1:28 pm
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fighting4sanity
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Re: Question on Child Support (texas)
Child support in Texas is a percentage of income as JustMe said. Although, the ceiling has been raised to $7500 per month income. So if they make $8000 per month or $20K per month they only have to pay a percentage of $7500 depending on how many children you share. That money can go to anything you want. However, if you are like me it just adds to the bottom line as far as regular bills go. Because, as you said, children are way more expensive than that. Any decree can differ but you'd have to get the XN to agree to pay more and what are the chances of that???
They also in Texas typically have to pay 100% of medical insurance and 50% medical expenses. It's pretty standard language to have that in the decree here in texas.
Extracurricular activities are only included if that is negotiated as part of the decree. They dont have to pay a dime of college or extracurricular if they choose not to. Needless to say my XN declined to contribute toward any extra expenses and college expenses and while he made 25K per month he only paid $1500 (this was when the monthly ceiling was $6000) and we have 2 kids.
He also declined to buy them clothes to keep at his house, and failed to provide any lunch money for their school even if they were with him at the time. He also declined to help drive them to any extra activities, because as he told me "that's what I pay you for"... He even told our son at 12 how much child support he was paying and told our son that he is broke because of how much he pays me so much and that I am "wasting" the money on myself and I should be paying for our son's hockey... I dont make anywhere near $25K per month and cannot afford expensive travel hockey teams that were pushed by XN.
So, the summary is, that if you have primary conservatorship, you get a percentage of his paycheck. Spend it how you want. If you are married to a N that is all you can expect you or your children to get as far as financial support.
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Oct/30/2009, 3:14 pm
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