{"id":2392,"date":"2022-04-24T14:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T19:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2022-08-05T13:33:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T18:33:04","slug":"condition-precedent-to-receiving-contractual-support-payments-in-texas-divorce-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/condition-precedent-to-receiving-contractual-support-payments-in-texas-divorce-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Condition Precedent to Receiving Contractual Support Payments in Texas Divorce Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1973 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-1125625723-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"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: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When parties to a Texas divorce reach an agreement, the agreement may place conditions on certain obligations.\u00a0 A \u201ccondition precedent\u201d is something that must occur before a party has a right to performance of an obligation by the other party. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fifth-court-of-appeals\/2022-05-20-00499-cv.pdf?ts=1648729406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent case<\/a>, a mother challenged a trial court\u2019s finding she had not met the condition precedent to receive certain payments from the father.<\/p>\n<p>In the final divorce decree, the trial court approved and incorporated the parties\u2019 Agreement Incident to Divorce (\u201cAID\u201d). The parties agreed the father would pay $11,500 in monthly Contract Support Payments to the mother to provide her and the two children an \u201calternative lifestyle.\u201d\u00a0 They would travel and live abroad so the children could learn other languages and cultures. The mother agreed to maintain this lifestyle and spend the Contract Support Payments to support it as a condition precedent to receiving the payments. The AID also included a provision that the father could send a notice if the mother failed to comply with a material term or condition. If she failed to cure the breach within 30 days, the Contract Support Payments would be abated until she complied.<\/p>\n<h3>Father Grows Concerned About Children&#8217;s Upbringing<\/h3>\n<p>The mother and children traveled within the U.S. and several countries abroad until July 2018. The father grew concerned about the children\u2019s lack of structured education and their health and hygiene by the summer of 2018.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/condition-precedent-to-receiving-contractual-support-payments-in-texas-divorce-agreement\/#more-2392\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When parties to a Texas divorce reach an agreement, the agreement may place conditions on certain obligations.\u00a0 A \u201ccondition precedent\u201d is something that must occur before a party has a right to performance of an obligation by the other party. In a recent case, a mother challenged a trial court\u2019s finding she had not met [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,4,491],"tags":[231,506,315,5,316,300,301,505,137],"class_list":["post-2392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-support","category-divorce","category-enforcement","tag-children","tag-condition-precedent","tag-contract","tag-divorce-2","tag-enforcement","tag-father","tag-mother","tag-payments","tag-support"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Condition Precedent to Receiving Contractual Support Payments in Texas Divorce Agreement &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; April 24, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When parties to a Texas divorce reach an agreement, the agreement may place conditions on certain obligations.\u00a0 A \u201ccondition precedent\u201d is something that &#8212; 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