By: Uresti S.B. No. 2444
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to calculation of the net resources of a person ordered to
pay child support.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 154.062(d), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) The court shall deduct the following items from
resources to determine the net resources available for child
support:
(1) social security taxes;
(2) federal income tax based on the tax rate for a
single person claiming one personal exemption and the standard
deduction;
(3) state income tax;
(4) union dues; [and]
(5) expenses for the cost of health insurance or cash
medical support for the obligor's child ordered by the court under
Section 154.182; and
(6) nondiscretionary retirement plan contributions.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act constitutes a
material and substantial change of circumstances under Section
156.401, Family Code, sufficient to warrant modification of a court
order or a portion of a decree that provides for the support of a
child rendered before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to
a proceeding to establish or modify a child support obligation that
is pending in a trial court on or filed on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.