NET RESOURCES OF NEW SPOUSE
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In the Interest of Knott (2003)
Most recently applied in In the Interest of J.M.W. (July 2014)
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff
(a) The court may not add any portion of the net resources of a new spouse to the net resources of an obligor or obligee in order to calculate the amount of child support to be ordered in a suit for modification.
(b) The court may not subtract the needs of a new spouse, or of a dependent of a new spouse, from the net resources of the obligor or obligee in a suit for modification.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.