Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

Re: Can you get child support + half of daycare?????

It is possible. Although the law gives standard guidelines for support based upon earnings, it also gives several additional factors for the court to consider in ordering an amount other than the guideline amount. Some of these include the ability of the parents to suport the child, the financial resources available for support, the amount of time of possession of the child, and child care expenses incurred by either party in order to maintain gainful employment. (There are a total of 17 factors listed in the Family Code, ending in "any other reason consistent with the best interest of the child").

Your attorney can best develop a strategy and argue these points for you. Some judges, however, will only use the standard guidelines except in extreme cases. I have seen judges split child care expenses several times. Please be aware that several of the additional factors would possibly help your husband to REDUCE child support, so this can be a tricky thing to get started. Your attorney should be able to advise you on that, to.

Re: Can you get child support + half of daycare?????

I know you don't want to hear this, but child support will have to include your costs of child care. Your husband's visitation, unless there are special circumstances (violence, or other unsuitability for visitation), will get standard visitation rights for a parent over 100 miles away from the place of the children's residence.

It is normal that both parties to a divorce will feel as though they have lost. In many senses they each have. I wish you good luck.