Tex. Family Code § 156.404
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 156.404, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 156.404. NET RESOURCES OF NEW SPOUSE.
Official statutory text
(a) The court may not add any portion of the net resources of a new spouse to the net resources of an obligor or obligee in order to calculate the amount of child support to be ordered in a suit for modification.
(b) The court may not subtract the needs of a new spouse, or of a dependent of a new spouse, from the net resources of the obligor or obligee in a suit for modification.
(b) The court may not subtract the needs of a new spouse, or of a dependent of a new spouse, from the net resources of the obligor or obligee in a suit for modification.
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