Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

we adopted a child when he was 3 he receives survivor benefits from his deceased mother - now me and my husband are getting a divirce - does his survivor benefits affect the amount of child support my husband has to pay


Asked on 2/23/10, 6:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

The Family Code isn't clear on this. My answer would be "No," the survivor benefits won't affect the amount of child support.

The closest that any statute comes to addressing this is 154.132 of the Family Code.

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Answered on 3/01/10, 1:51 pm


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