Articles from the Child Support Category


Private School Tuition Not a “Proven Need” Justifying Child Support Increase; Wife Failed to Refinance House So It Must be Sold

Private School Tuition Not a “Proven Need” Justifying Child Support Increase; Wife Failed to Refinance House So It Must be Sold   The Parents’ divorce Decree required Father to pay maximum guideline child support based on his net resources of at least $7,500. Their Decree also ordered Mother to refinance her residence by a certain date and if she did not, it ordered the property to be sold with the proceeds to be paid to her.     Father filed a motion to enforce his possession of their son and a motion to enforce the terms regarding Mother’s refinance of her…Read More

Mother Seeking New Job Out of Primary Residence Restricted Area Does Not, Alone, Justify Changing Her Primary Custody

  Mother Seeking New Job Out of Primary Residence Restricted Area Does Not, Alone, Justify Changing Her Primary Custody   The parents’ divorce Decree named them Joint Managing Conservators with Mother having the exclusive right to designate their child’s primary residence within the state of Texas. Mother received a job offer in Colorado, and then she filed a motion to modify the Decree to allow her to move to Colorado so she could take the new job. Father responded by asking the court to modify the Decree by changing the joint managing conservatorship provisions to alter his possession schedule and…Read More