Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 156.404: NET RESOURCES OF NEW SPOUSE.

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FAMILY CODE
TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
CHAPTER 156. MODIFICATION
SUBCHAPTER E. MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT

(a) The court may not add any portion of the net resources of a new spouse to the net resources of an obligor or obligee in order to calculate the amount of child support to be ordered in a suit for modification.

(b) The court may not subtract the needs of a new spouse, or of a dependent of a new spouse, from the net resources of the obligor or obligee in a suit for modification.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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