{"id":2270,"date":"2021-11-08T08:43:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2270"},"modified":"2021-11-08T08:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:43:42","slug":"addressing-an-error-in-a-texas-child-support-mediated-settlement-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/addressing-an-error-in-a-texas-child-support-mediated-settlement-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing an Error in a Texas Child-Support Mediated Settlement Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1973 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-1125625723\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2121px) 100vw, 2121px\" \/>Parties to a Texas suit affecting the parent-child relationship may enter into a mediated settlement agreement (\u201cMSA\u201d) to resolve one or more issues in their suit.\u00a0 An MSA is binding if it prominently states in bold or underlined font or in capital letters that it is not subject to revocation, is signed by the parties, and is signed by the parties\u2019 attorneys who are present at the execution. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 153.0071. When these requirements are met, a party is entitled to judgment on the MSA. Because an MSA is a contract, it is construed according to the contract-interpretation principles.\u00a0 If an MSA is ambiguous, there is a fact issue of the intent of the parties. A Texas appeals court recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/seventh-court-of-appeals\/2021-07-20-00329-cv.pdf?ts=1635931562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">considered<\/a> what should happen when an MSA included a discrepancy between the stated amount of child support and the calculation for determining child support.<\/p>\n<h3>Mother and Father Enter into Settlement Agreement<\/h3>\n<p>Following mediation, the parents entered into an MSA that included an attached handwritten page with a child-support calculation as well as four W-2s showing the wages the father earned.\u00a0 The parties initialed each page of the MSA, but not the W-2s.<\/p>\n<p>The MSA identified the father\u2019s child-support obligation as $1,062.60 per month. The attachment stated that \u201cchild support is based on [the father\u2019s] representation that he has no rental income and is calculated pursuant to the attached calculations and Exhibits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/addressing-an-error-in-a-texas-child-support-mediated-settlement-agreement\/#more-2270\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parties to a Texas suit affecting the parent-child relationship may enter into a mediated settlement agreement (\u201cMSA\u201d) to resolve one or more issues in their suit.\u00a0 An MSA is binding if it prominently states in bold or underlined font or in capital letters that it is not subject to revocation, is signed by the parties, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,234,235],"tags":[451,63,5,364,300,244,301,125,328],"class_list":["post-2270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-support","category-mediation","category-settlement","tag-calculation","tag-child-support","tag-divorce-2","tag-error","tag-father","tag-mediated-settlement-agreement","tag-mother","tag-settlement","tag-texas-family-code"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Addressing an Error in a Texas Child-Support Mediated Settlement Agreement &#8212; 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