The maximum amount of child support in Texas usually calculated in most cases will increase on September 1, 2025 to: 1 child                  $2,340 2 children           $2,925 3 children            $3,510 4 children            $4,095 The Texas Attorney General announced in the Texas Register on August 15, 2025 (Vol 50, no. 33)” “Effective September 1, 2025, the guidelines for […]

In Texas, the maximum amount of guideline child support is based on a percentage of the maximum amount of monthly net resources, which is currently $9,200 (this amount can increase because of inflation).  The percentage that is applied to the net resources is based on the number of children. Roughly, $12,184 per month of gross […]

Reprinted from the November 14, 2014 Mongoose newsletter. Some judge named “Pratt” was just reversed in Reddick v. Reddick, No. 01-12-00576-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] 10/23/2014).  This case is an excellent reminder that not every parent who could in theory earn more should be found to be intentionally underemployed. Click here to read […]

A 2004 paternity order required the father to pay $500 a month child support through the SDU and he clearly had made no payments to the SDU prior to April 2010.  So, how did the mother lose this enforcement suit?  The father testified that his signature on the “agreed” paternity order was forged and he […]

This 1993 divorce involved two children, yet the decree ordered the father to pay child support, “…until the date of the earliest occurrence of one of the following events: a.  any child reaches the age of eighteen years,… b. any child marries…”  There was no step down provision that said “thereafter he pays $xxxx.xx until…”    […]