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Motions to Modify Custody or Child Support in Texas During and After a Pandemic

July 2nd, 2020
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Stacey Holley Valdez
These are difficult times for parents in Texas, especially those who are subject to a child custody or child support order. These kinds of orders deal with issues like where the child or children will live, how the parents may make decisions regardin… Read More
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Categories: Child Custody & Parental Rights, Child Support
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Child Custody and Child Support in Texas During the Coronavirus

May 29th, 2020
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Stacey Holley Valdez
The global coronavirus pandemic has thrown much of people’s daily lives into disarray throughout Texas, across the nation, and all over the world. After officials at all levels of government issued declarations of emergency in March, many Texas cit… Read More
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Categories: Child Custody & Parental Rights, Child Support, Parenting
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Quitting to Avoid Child Support...Another Silly Idea

October 15th, 2019
Posted By
Stacey Holley Valdez
My ex quit his job and now says he doesn’t owe child support. That can’t be right, can it? Generally speaking, a child support obligor must pay 20% of his or her monthly net resources to the child support obligee for one child and 5% more for eac… Read More
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Categories: Child Support

My ex won’t pay child support. Now what?

February 14th, 2017
Posted By
Stacey Holley Valdez
My ex won’t pay child support. Now what? A child support order may be only half the battle. When a parent ordered to pay child support just won’t pay up, a child support obligee has a few legal tools he or she can use to try to persuade a stingy… Read More
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Categories: Child Support

Can Child Support Go Past the Child's 18th Birthday?

April 13th, 2015
Posted By
Stacey Holley Valdez
The answer is, maybe. Though in Kanye West’s song Gold Digger he sings “She got one of your kids, got you for 18 years,” implying that a father will have to pay child support until the child turns 18, there are certain circumstances tha… Read More
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How much can I expect to receive in Child Support?

February 9th, 2015
Posted By
Stacey Holley Valdez
The answer to this and most legal question is “it depends.” Though Texas law provides guidelines to suggest what percentage of an obligor’s income should go to child support (for example, if a parent is supporting one child, the guidelines sugg… Read More
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When Can a Parent Be Made to Pay Child Support Past the 18th Birthday?

April 9th, 2014
Posted By
Stacey Holley Valdez
Generally in Texas, a parent can be ordered to pay child support for his or her children until the child’s 18th birthday or the child’s high school graduation, whichever comes later. However, if the child is disabled, a trial court may order the… Read More
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Categories: Child Support
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