Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
In Texas, does can child support modification be applied to back years? My husband has been paying his child support for 17 years. The mother never filed for modification. Now she is threatening to file for modification and to get back money since he has been making more money for several years. (She is not in need of the money and makes more money now than when she first filed for divorce).
2 Answers from Attorneys
The simple answer is no. Any increased amount of child support ordered in a modification action can only go back retroactively as far as the date of either service of the modification actin on the Respondent or the date the Respondent makes an appearance in the modification action. I am a board certufued specialist in the field of family law. Please contact me directly if you would like to discuss the matter further. My phone number is 713-600-5500.
Bruce C. Zivley
I agree with Bruce Zivley.
I urge you to talk to an experienced family law attorney and quit worrying!
Knowledge is power!
Anyone can "threaten" anything - but getting a judge to order it is something totally different!
Good luck!
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