By Truitt H.B. No. 3101
76R1767 MXM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a court's consideration of the child support guidelines
1-3 for single and multiple families.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 156.402(a) and (b), Family Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The court may consider the child support guidelines for
1-8 single and multiple families under Chapter 154 [in Chapter 153] to
1-9 determine whether there has been a material or substantial change
1-10 of circumstances under this chapter that warrants a modification of
1-11 an existing child support order if the modification is in the best
1-12 interest of the child.
1-13 (b) If the amount of support contained in the order does not
1-14 substantially conform with the guidelines for single and multiple
1-15 families under Chapter 154, the court may modify the order to
1-16 substantially conform with the guidelines if the modification is
1-17 in the best interest of the child. A court may consider other
1-18 relevant evidence in addition to the factors listed in the
1-19 guidelines.
1-20 SECTION 2. Section 156.406, Family Code, is amended to read
1-21 as follows:
1-22 Sec. 156.406. USE OF GUIDELINES FOR CHILDREN IN MORE THAN
1-23 ONE HOUSEHOLD. In applying the child support guidelines in a suit
1-24 under this subchapter, if the obligor has the duty to support
2-1 children in more than one household, the court shall apply the
2-2 percentage guidelines for multiple families under Chapter 154 [in
2-3 Chapter 153].
2-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.