Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

I am receiving child support for my daughter, we got divorce 3 months ago in Texas and I moved to Colorado. Now my exhusband got a job in France and wants to reduce the child support because he will get half of the salary he is making in the US. He filed an order in austin, Texas to modify the child-parent relationship and I was served here in Colorado.

It requires a writen answer, and also shows the date of a hearing, but it doesn't say if I have to go; do I have to go to the hearing? What is the writen answer they ask for?, is it just the form that is in their website as �"Respondent answer" or should I write something else?

I don't have a job and cannot afford to pay a lawyer or go to Texas for the hearing. What other options do I have?

Thank you


Asked on 7/06/10, 11:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
TC Langford Langford Law Office

You need to file an answer, or they will proceed without notifying you further. You really need to gather up enough money to be represented. Without representation, he could modify the support so that your daughter has even less to live on. Contact immediately the State Bar in Austin, and ask for referrals to low/no cost legal services.

Read more
Answered on 7/12/10, 10:02 am


Related Questions & Answers

More Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody and Adoption questions and answers in Texas