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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the application of child support guidelines to net |
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resources in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 154.125(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The guidelines for the support of a child in this |
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section are specifically designed to apply to situations in which |
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the obligor's monthly net resources are not greater than $30,000 |
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[the maximum amount of net resources to which the statutory |
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guidelines are applicable, as most recently published by the Title |
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IV-D agency in the Texas Register]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 154.125(a-1), Family Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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154.125, Family Code, applies only to a suit affecting the |
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parent-child relationship that is filed on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A suit filed before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the suit is filed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |