{"id":1221,"date":"2019-01-28T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2019-01-28T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T15:00:03","slug":"texas-appeals-court-reverses-child-support-in-excess-of-statutory-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-child-support-in-excess-of-statutory-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Reverses Child Support in Excess of Statutory Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a court issues a Texas child support order based on an agreement of the parties, the trial court may only modify the order if there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances.\u00a0 If there has been such a change, the court has the discretion to modify the order.\u00a0 The court\u2019s analysis depends on the resources of the obligor.\u00a0 If the parent paying child support has net monthly resources equal to or less than an identified amount, currently $8,550, the court must base the presumptive award on a percentage of the net resources and the number of children.\u00a0 If the net monthly resources are greater than this amount, then the court has the discretion to order amounts greater than the presumptive award, depending on the parties\u2019 income and the \u201cproven needs\u201d of the children.\u00a0 Thus, the court must determine the proven needs of the children before awarding an amount greater than that set by the guidelines.\u00a0 If the children\u2019s needs exceed the presumptive award, the court allocates the difference between the parties.\u00a0 No party can be required to pay more than 100% of the proven needs of the children.\u00a0 Unfortunately, neither the legislature nor the courts have clearly defined \u201cneeds,\u201d but the Texas Supreme Court has stated that needs are not determined by the family\u2019s lifestyle or the parents\u2019 ability to pay.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/second-court-of-appeals\/2018-02-18-00187-cv.pdf?ts=1546004302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a>, a father challenged a modification that ordered him to pay an amount greater than the monthly guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The father also challenged whether there was a material and substantial change in circumstances, but the appeals court readily found that a significant increase in the father\u2019s income since the Agreed Order was sufficient to support a modification.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-child-support-in-excess-of-statutory-guidelines\/#more-1221\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a court issues a Texas child support order based on an agreement of the parties, the trial court may only modify the order if there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances.\u00a0 If there has been such a change, the court has the discretion to modify the order.\u00a0 The court\u2019s analysis depends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-support"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Reverses Child Support in Excess of Statutory Guidelines &#8212; 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