Voluntary underemployment is a big issue in some divorces. Occasionally, one party to the divorce may try to lower their child support obligation by reducing their income. This is because in most cases the divorce court presumes the child support guidelines are proper. If you suspect your spouse has reduced their income intentionally to reduce child support or other court ordered payments you may be dealing with a case of voluntary underemployment.

Proving voluntary underemployment is important because it allows the family court to deviate from Read more…

Child support payments are often a critical issue in divorce cases filed in the Conroe or Houston Family Law Courts. The parent with custody wants the support payments high enough to help with the costs of raising the child(ren) and the parent without custody wants to be sure the payments are being used for the child(ren). Fortunately, Texas Law provides a starting point for determining child support amounts for cases in Houston and Conroe.

The table below shows the amounts the Court initially considers fair. One critical element your Conroe Divorce Lawyer will work on is determining the Obligor’s Read more…

The Attorney General has some enforcement authority to pursue assets to satisfy child support obligations. Sometimes they go too far.

In The Interest of R.C.T. 2009-TX-0408.559 gives us an example of when a Texas Attorney General goes too far to collect assets for child support. In the case, the husband and wife agreed to a figure of $9,024 that the husband owed in retroactive child support. The Court also approved an agreement for the husband to repay the retroactive support by monthly installments of $150. The Attorney General was not satisfied with this resolution.

The Attorney General did not want to wait for monthly installments of $150. After the Court approved the order, the Attorney General Read more…