A man in Houston has been battling in court for the last 13 years because he has been ordered to pay child support for a child that is not his. Willie Carson has DNA proof that shows that it is not his biological child, nor has he ever supported the child in any way, yet he has been paying child support for over a decade.
In Texas, the city of El Paso has recovered almost $13 million in unpaid child support through the implementation of a state program that makes delinquent parents work off their debts instead of sending them to jail.
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Paternity is the legal identification of a child’s father. When a child is born out of wedlock in Texas, there is no legal father. There is a difference between a legal father and biological father in the eyes of the law, and establishing paternity gives rights to both the child and father involved. Paternity can be established in three different ways under Texas law, and an experienced family law attorney will be able to help you figure out which option is best for your family
Over one hundred individuals have been arrested over the past few months in child support roundups happening in counties across the state. Police are working with the Texas Attorney General’s Child Support Division and through Operation Take Care to hold parents accountable for their failure to pay court-ordered child support.
Many spouses in a divorce assume that spousal support is automatic or at a fixed rate like child support; however, that is not the case in Texas. In order to receive spousal support, which is different than alimony, a spouse must first qualify to receive it. Once a spouse has qualified, the court looks at additional factors to see how long the support order will remain in place.
This blog article addresses some common mistakes made during the course of a divorce and how to avoid them.
Jurisdiction and Venue: many people do not realize that in order for a Texas court to have jurisdiction and venue over a case the person filing must have been domiciled in Texas for a minimum of six months prior to filing and must have been a resident of the county in which they file the preceding ninety days prior to filing.
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