(a) If the obligor's monthly net resources are not greater than the amount described by Section 154.125(a) and if the obligor's monthly net resources are equal to or greater than the amount described by Section 154.125(c), in lieu of performing the computation under the preceding section, the court may determine the child support amount for the children before the court by applying the percentages in the table below to the obligor's net resources:
MULTIPLE FAMILY ADJUSTED GUIDELINES
(% OF NET RESOURCES)
Number of children before the court
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Number of | 0 | 20.00 | 25.00 | 30.00 | 35.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 |
| other | 1 | 17.50 | 22.50 | 27.38 | 32.20 | 37.33 | 37.71 | 38.00 |
| children for | 2 | 16.00 | 20.63 | 25.20 | 30.33 | 35.43 | 36.00 | 36.44 |
| whom the | 3 | 14.75 | 19.00 | 24.00 | 29.00 | 34.00 | 34.67 | 35.20 |
| obligor | 4 | 13.60 | 18.33 | 23.14 | 28.00 | 32.89 | 33.60 | 34.18 |
| has a | 5 | 13.33 | 17.86 | 22.50 | 27.22 | 32.00 | 32.73 | 33.33 |
| duty of | 6 | 13.14 | 17.50 | 22.00 | 26.60 | 31.27 | 32.00 | 32.62 |
| support | 7 | 13.00 | 17.22 | 21.60 | 26.09 | 30.67 | 31.38 | 32.00 |
(b) If the obligor's monthly net resources are less than the amount described by Section 154.125(c), in lieu of performing the computation under the preceding section, the court may determine the child support amount for the children before the court by applying the percentages in the table below to the obligor's net resources:
LOW-INCOME MULTIPLE FAMILY ADJUSTED GUIDELINES
(% OF NET RESOURCES)
Number of children before the court
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Number of | 0 | 15.00 | 20.00 | 25.00 | 30.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 |
| other | 1 | 13.50 | 18.33 | 23.13 | 27.90 | 32.96 | 33.25 | 33.47 |
| children for | 2 | 12.50 | 17.00 | 21.50 | 26.50 | 31.50 | 31.94 | 32.28 |
| whom the | 3 | 11.63 | 15.80 | 20.63 | 25.50 | 30.41 | 30.92 | 31.33 |
| obligor | 4 | 10.80 | 15.33 | 20.00 | 24.75 | 29.56 | 30.10 | 30.55 |
| has a | 5 | 10.63 | 15.00 | 19.53 | 24.17 | 28.88 | 29.43 | 29.90 |
| duty of | 6 | 10.50 | 14.75 | 19.17 | 23.70 | 28.32 | 28.88 | 29.35 |
| support | 7 | 10.41 | 14.56 | 18.88 | 23.32 | 27.85 | 28.40 | 28.88 |
Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.