{"id":1643,"date":"2020-08-07T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2020-08-07T08:00:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T13:00:38","slug":"parent-seeking-child-support-modification-in-texas-must-present-evidence-of-historical-income-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/parent-seeking-child-support-modification-in-texas-must-present-evidence-of-historical-income-and-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Seeking Child Support Modification in Texas Must Present Evidence of Historical Income and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a parent seeks to modify a Texas child support order on the basis of a material and substantial change in financial circumstances, they must prove that such a change occurred.\u00a0 Doing so requires evidence of the parties\u2019 current income and resources, but it also requires evidence of their income and resources at the time of the previous order.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent case, a father <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/first-court-of-appeals\/2020-01-19-00268-cv.pdf?ts=1595938882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">challenged<\/a> a court\u2019s denial of his petition for modification.\u00a0 The parents divorced in 2012 and signed an Agreed Final Decree of divorce.\u00a0 The mother was given the exclusive right to designate their primary residence, but the possession schedule gave each parent possession 50% of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Under the decree, the father was required to pay $1,047.95 in child support each month.\u00a0 The decree stated it was in accordance with the guidelines in the Texas Family Code, based on the father\u2019s monthly net resources of $4,191.81.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/parent-seeking-child-support-modification-in-texas-must-present-evidence-of-historical-income-and-resources\/#more-1643\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a parent seeks to modify a Texas child support order on the basis of a material and substantial change in financial circumstances, they must prove that such a change occurred.\u00a0 Doing so requires evidence of the parties\u2019 current income and resources, but it also requires evidence of their income and resources at the time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1643","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>Parent Seeking Child Support Modification in Texas Must Present Evidence of Historical Income and Resources &#8212; 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