Tex. Fam. Code § 154.125 · Subchapter C. CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES
APPLICATION OF GUIDELINES TO NET RESOURCES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The guidelines for the support of a child in this section are specifically designed to apply to situations in which the obligor's monthly net resources are not greater than the maximum amount of net resources to which the statutory guidelines are applicable, as most recently published by the Title IV-D agency in the Texas Register.
(a-1) The amount prescribed by Subsection (a) is adjusted every six years as necessary to reflect inflation. The Title IV-D agency shall compute the adjusted amount, to take effect beginning September 1 of the year of the adjustment, based on the percentage change in the consumer price index during the 72-month period preceding March 1 of the year of the adjustment, as rounded to the nearest $50 increment. The Title IV-D agency shall publish the adjusted amount in the Texas Register before September 1 of the year in which the adjustment takes effect. For purposes of this subsection, "consumer price index" has the meaning assigned by Section 341.201, Finance Code.
(b) If the obligor's monthly net resources are not greater than the amount described by Subsection (a) and the obligor's monthly net resources are equal to or greater than the amount described by Subsection (c), the court shall presumptively apply the following schedule in rendering the child support order:
CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES
BASED ON THE MONTHLY NET RESOURCES OF THE OBLIGOR
1 child 20% of Obligor's Net Resources
2 children 25% of Obligor's Net Resources
3 children 30% of Obligor's Net Resources
4 children 35% of Obligor's Net Resources
5 children 40% of Obligor's Net Resources
6+ children Not less than the amount for 5 children
(c) If the obligor's monthly net resources are less than $1,000, the court shall presumptively apply the following schedule in rendering the child support order:
LOW-INCOME CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES
BASED ON THE MONTHLY NET RESOURCES OF THE OBLIGOR
1 child 15% of Obligor's Net Resources
2 children 20% of Obligor's Net Resources
3 children 25% of Obligor's Net Resources
4 children 30% of Obligor's Net Resources
5 children 35% of Obligor's Net Resources
6+ children Not less than the amount for 5 children
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 620 (H.B. 448), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 767 (S.B. 865), Sec. 5, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 286), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.154.htm
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- Tex. Fam. Code § 154.126APPLICATION OF GUIDELINES TO ADDITIONAL NET RESOURCES.Printed as Section 154.125(a)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 154.129ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF COMPUTING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN IN MORE THAN ONE HOUSEHOLD.Printed as Section 154.125(a) | Section 154.125(c)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 154.130FINDINGS IN CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.Printed as Section 154.125 or 154.129
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