support amount

[Rachel T]

What is the name of your state? TX

I am considering asking the courts to raise my child support. My ex husband has had significant pay raises since the first agreement. What do I have to show the court to warrant this? Do they take into consideration my own pay increases since the first agreement? Is this a difficult thing to have done?

 

[Zephyr]

first google

texas child support guidelines...that will answer a couple of your questions

 

[Rachel T]

It doesn't answer if my own pay increases will be a factor.

 

[Ohiogal]

It doesn't answer if my own pay increases will be a factor.

Texas is not a shared income state I do not believe.

 

[Rachel T]

F1. What guideline type or method does your State use to calculate child support (e.g., Shared Income Model, Percentage of Income Model, Melson Formula)? Fixed percentage of obligor's net resources with adjustment for multiple family obligation. Variances from guidelines within courts discretion. Texas Family Code chapter 154, subchapter C.

This is what I found after googling. Can someone please explain to me what "multiple family obligation" is?

 

[CJane]

This is what I found after googling. Can someone please explain to me what "multiple family obligation" is?

Sometimes, a parent will be given a small credit if they have other children from other relationships whom they're supporting - either because they have custody of them, or because they pay support for them.

It doesn't apply in ALL cases, and usually only to children born PRIOR to the order being modified. But that's not always true.

 

[CourtClerk]

Texas does a straight percentage of the NCP's income. Your income is irrelevant in the calculation of child support.