{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-156.404","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 156.404","heading":"NET RESOURCES OF NEW SPOUSE.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.156.htm#156.404","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"8e80b15c4734540ad224b6b3e373ec58b88a2cbbea87f7a3a8201cc52d966a52","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-156.403","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-156.405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}