{"id":2359,"date":"2022-02-27T22:06:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T04:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2022-02-27T22:06:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T04:06:23","slug":"credibility-and-evidence-in-texas-child-support-modification-proceeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/credibility-and-evidence-in-texas-child-support-modification-proceeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Credibility and Evidence in Texas Child-Support Modification Proceeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1878 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-483611874-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-483611874-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-483611874-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-483611874-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-483611874.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A modification of Texas child support requires the parent seeking the modification to show there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances since the current order was rendered. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 156.401. A change in income may be a material and substantial change.\u00a0 A court\u2019s primary consideration should be the child\u2019s best interest.<\/p>\n<p>A father recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2022-14-20-00608-cv.pdf?ts=1644326641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appealed<\/a> the denial of his petition for modification of child support.<\/p>\n<p>The parties divorced in 2018.\u00a0 The father agreed to pay $2,000 in monthly child support, to provide health insurance, \u00a0to make monthly payments for a credit card balance that had been used for his business, and to pay the mother $50,000 in $1,500 monthly payments for her community interest in the business.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/credibility-and-evidence-in-texas-child-support-modification-proceeding\/#more-2359\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A modification of Texas child support requires the parent seeking the modification to show there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances since the current order was rendered. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 156.401. A change in income may be a material and substantial change.\u00a0 A court\u2019s primary consideration should be the child\u2019s best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,258],"tags":[63,300,385,360,81,301,71],"class_list":["post-2359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-support","category-modification","tag-child-support","tag-father","tag-guidelines","tag-material-and-substantial","tag-modification","tag-mother","tag-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Credibility and Evidence in Texas Child-Support Modification Proceeding &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; February 27, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A modification of Texas child support requires the parent seeking the modification to show there has been a material and substantial change in &#8212; 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