Tex. Family Code § 156.103
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 156.103, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 156.103. INCREASED EXPENSES BECAUSE OF CHANGE OF RESIDENCE.
Official statutory text
(a) If a change of residence results in increased expenses for a party having possession of or access to a child, the court may render appropriate orders to allocate those increased expenses on a fair and equitable basis, taking into account the cause of the increased expenses and the best interest of the child.
(b) The payment of increased expenses by the party whose residence is changed is rebuttably presumed to be in the best interest of the child.
(c) The court may render an order without regard to whether another change in the terms and conditions for the possession of or access to the child is made.
(b) The payment of increased expenses by the party whose residence is changed is rebuttably presumed to be in the best interest of the child.
(c) The court may render an order without regard to whether another change in the terms and conditions for the possession of or access to the child is made.
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