{"id":1714,"date":"2020-12-18T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2020-12-16T19:10:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T01:10:46","slug":"texas-court-may-order-primary-custodial-parent-to-pay-child-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-may-order-primary-custodial-parent-to-pay-child-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court May Order Primary Custodial Parent to Pay Child Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1863 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-531351317.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-531351317\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-531351317.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-531351317-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-531351317-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A court may order one joint managing conservator to pay Texas child support to another joint managing conservator.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 153.138.\u00a0 The child\u2019s best interest is the primary consideration in determining child support.\u00a0 There may, therefore, be occasions where a court orders the parent with primary physical custody to nonetheless pay child support to the other parent, when they are both joint managing conservators.\u00a0 A mother recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/second-court-of-appeals\/2020-02-19-00017-cv.pdf?ts=1596165344\">challenged<\/a> an order to pay child support when she had been awarded the exclusive right to determine the child\u2019s primary residence.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-may-order-primary-custodial-parent-to-pay-child-support\/#more-1714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court may order one joint managing conservator to pay Texas child support to another joint managing conservator.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 153.138.\u00a0 The child\u2019s best interest is the primary consideration in determining child support.\u00a0 There may, therefore, be occasions where a court orders the parent with primary physical custody to nonetheless pay child [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233,23,16,4,103,25],"tags":[112,88,63,80,5,104],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adultery","category-child-custody","category-child-support","category-divorce","category-infidelity","category-parental-rights","tag-adultery","tag-child-custody","tag-child-support","tag-conservatorship","tag-divorce-2","tag-infidelity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Court May Order Primary Custodial Parent to Pay Child Support &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; December 18, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A court may order one joint managing conservator to pay Texas child support to another joint managing conservator.\u00a0 Tex. 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