Title 5 › Chapter 156 › Subchapter E

Texas Family Code § 156.404

Net Resources of New Spouse

Modification · Modification of Child Support

(a) The court may not add any portion of the net resources of a new spouse to the net resources of an obligor or obligee in order to calculate the amount of child support to be ordered in a suit for modification.

(b) The court may not subtract the needs of a new spouse, or of a dependent of a new spouse, from the net resources of the obligor or obligee in a suit for modification.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.