Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

I have a daughter, age 3, and her father pays child support. He has not seen her since the original orders were made (she was 1 1/2) and we have not spoken. I have no idea where he lives and neither do the Child Support Offices.

He is not working though. The Child Support Offices are saying the money is coming from an alternate access fund/ alternate source of income or something like that and they have ran his social multiple times. No such luck and no current address is on file, only the old one.

An opportunity to move out of state just came up and I am seriously considering it. Problem is our Child Support Order says I am required to live in the county where the Support was filed.

I called the court and the Child Support Office who both said I have to file a form to change the restrictions on where I can live. They said it is $20 to file the form under our same case number, but they cannot tell me what Form I have to have because they are prohibited from giving any legal advice.

I am so confused! How do I ago about getting this changed so we could move? A detailed response would be wonderful.


Asked on 8/16/12, 6:30 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
TC Langford Langford Law Office

It isn't a form, it is a Petition to Modify, and the $20.00 is the filing fee to the county (which may be increased). In addition you would have to have him served. Since you do not know his whereabouts, the service would be by alternate or substitute service, which are additional fees. This is probably too complex for you to handle pro-se, and you would need to retain an attorney.

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Answered on 8/17/12, 11:21 am


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