{"id":2568,"date":"2023-01-16T20:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T02:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2023-01-08T20:27:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T02:27:27","slug":"texas-child-support-for-joint-managing-conservator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-child-support-for-joint-managing-conservator\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Child Support for Joint Managing Conservator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1863 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-531351317-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-531351317-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"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, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-531351317.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Texas family law presumes that is in the child\u2019s best interest for both parents to be appointed joint managing conservators.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 153.131(b).\u00a0 When the court appoints joint managing conservators, it must give one the exclusive right to decide the primary residence of the child.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code 153.134(b)(1).\u00a0 The court may order a joint managing conservator to pay the other joint managing conservator child support. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 153.138. In both custody and child support determinations, the trial court\u2019s primary consideration must be the best interest of the child.\u00a0 In a recent case, a father <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/twelfth-court-of-appeals\/2022-12-22-00084-cv.pdf?ts=1671111080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appealed<\/a> a court\u2019s custody and child-support determinations.<\/p>\n<h3>Texas Office of the Attorney General Files Paternity Suit<\/h3>\n<p>The Office of the Attorney General petitioned to establish the parent-child relationship, asking the court to determine the child\u2019s parentage and order conservatorship, possession, access and support.<\/p>\n<p>The father testified he earned $25 per hour working as a contractor, but the availability of the work varied.\u00a0 At the time of hearing, he worked between 32 and 60 hours per week.\u00a0 He also testified he had the child the majority of the time and requested the right to establish the child\u2019s residence, but he had not filed paperwork to be named primary custodian.\u00a0 The father testified his parents kept the child during the day.\u00a0 He said he spent a lot of time at their house and went home after putting the child to bed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-child-support-for-joint-managing-conservator\/#more-2568\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas family law presumes that is in the child\u2019s best interest for both parents to be appointed joint managing conservators.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 153.131(b).\u00a0 When the court appoints joint managing conservators, it must give one the exclusive right to decide the primary residence of the child.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code 153.134(b)(1).\u00a0 The court may order [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-custody","category-child-support"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Child Support for Joint Managing Conservator &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; January 16, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Texas family law presumes that is in the child\u2019s best interest for both parents to be appointed joint managing conservators.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. 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