{"id":2152,"date":"2021-09-01T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2021-08-29T22:08:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T03:08:42","slug":"texas-court-denies-child-support-modification-upon-finding-of-underemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-denies-child-support-modification-upon-finding-of-underemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court Denies Child-Support Modification upon Finding of Underemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"iStock-1132277483\"In determining the Texas child-support obligation of a parent, the court may consider whether that parent is intentionally unemployed or underemployed.\u00a0 If the court finds the parent is intentionally unemployed or underemployed, it may apply the support guidelines to that parent\u2019s earning potential, rather than to their actual earnings.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 154.066.\u00a0 The court does not have to find the parent was attempting to avoid child support to find intentional unemployment or underemployment.<\/p>\n

In a recent case<\/a>, a father challenged the denial of his request for modification of his child-support obligation following a change in jobs that resulted in a significant salary reduction.\u00a0 When the parties divorced in 2015, the trial court appointed the parents joint managing conservators and gave the mother the exclusive right to determine the children\u2019s primary residence. The father was ordered to pay $1,600 in monthly child support and to maintain insurance for the children.<\/p>\n

Mother and Father File Competing Modification Suits<\/h3>\n

The mother petitioned to modify the medical-support provision to give her the obligation to maintain medical insurance in 2019.\u00a0 The father counter-petitioned to reduce his monthly child support based on a change in his salary.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In determining the Texas child-support obligation of a parent, the court may consider whether that parent is intentionally unemployed or underemployed.\u00a0 If the court finds the parent is intentionally unemployed or underemployed, it may apply the support guidelines to that parent\u2019s earning potential, rather than to their actual earnings.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. 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