| 1 | 1 | | 88R24168 MLH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dutton H.B. No. 2583 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2583: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 2583 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the application of child support guidelines to net |
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| 10 | 10 | | resources in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 154.125(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The guidelines for the support of a child in this |
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| 15 | 15 | | section are specifically designed to apply to situations in which |
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| 16 | 16 | | the obligor's monthly net resources are not greater than $15,000 |
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| 17 | 17 | | [the maximum amount of net resources to which the statutory |
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| 18 | 18 | | guidelines are applicable, as most recently published by the Title |
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| 19 | 19 | | IV-D agency in the Texas Register]. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 154.125(a-1), Family Code, is repealed. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 22 | 22 | | 154.125, Family Code, applies only to a suit affecting the |
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| 23 | 23 | | parent-child relationship that is filed on or after the effective |
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| 24 | 24 | | date of this Act. A suit filed before the effective date of this Act |
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| 25 | 25 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the suit is filed, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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