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Texas Family Code - Section 154.128. Computing Support For Children In More Than One Household

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§ 154.128. COMPUTING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN IN MORE THAN ONE 
HOUSEHOLD.  (a) In applying the child support guidelines for an 
obligor who has children in more than one household, the court shall 
apply the percentage guidelines in this subchapter by making the 
following computation:
		(1)  determine the amount of child support that would 
be ordered if all children whom the obligor has the legal duty to 
support lived in one household by applying the schedule in this 
subchapter;
		(2)  compute a child support credit for the obligor's 
children who are not before the court by dividing the amount 
determined under Subdivision (1) by the total number of children 
whom the obligor is obligated to support and multiplying that 
number by the number of the obligor's children who are not before 
the court;
		(3)  determine the adjusted net resources of the 
obligor by subtracting the child support credit computed under 
Subdivision (2) from the net resources of the obligor;  and
		(4)  determine the child support amount for the 
children before the court by applying the percentage guidelines for 
one household for the number of children of the obligor before the 
court to the obligor's adjusted net resources.
	(b)  For the purpose of determining a child support credit, 
the total number of an obligor's children includes the children 
before the court for the establishment or modification of a support 
order and any other children, including children residing with the 
obligor, whom the obligor has the legal duty of support.
	(c)  The child support credit with respect to children for 
whom the obligor is obligated by an order to pay support is 
computed, regardless of whether the obligor is delinquent in child 
support payments, without regard to the amount of the order.

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

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