Texas law allows private attorneys to seek out individuals that are intentionally not paying child support and who owe a back-child support amount.
We’ve all seen it — she or he drives a beautiful vehicle, is always on time to pay the bar tab, and travels to destinations that would make you jealous, yet they pay little or no child support. Maybe they take their boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s kids to a fancy resort while your own kids are on free lunch and haven’t even been as far north as San Antonio because money is tight.
The Texas Family Code provides that are person who may be found to be intentionally under-employed, or that the support they get from their significant other or family members may be included as income for calculating higher child support, or that the job they have from their parents may be calculated at market value instead of a sham pay check.
The first thing to do is to serve them with a petition to enforce and confirm arrears, then take them to court and ask they be jailed until the arrears are paid and that child support be properly calculated. Show the judge what they drive, where they live, where they go, and take it from there.
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Under Texas Law, child support is usually calculated based on the percentage guidelines in the Texas Family Code, 20% for one child, and add 5% more for each additional child up to 50% of the person’s net income.