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| 1 | 1 | 89R11451 KRM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 2643 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the application of child support guidelines to net | |
| 10 | 10 | resources in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 154.125(a), Family Code, is amended to | |
| 13 | 13 | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) The guidelines for the support of a child in this | |
| 15 | 15 | section are specifically designed to apply to situations in which | |
| 16 | 16 | the obligor's monthly net resources are not greater than $30,000 | |
| 17 | 17 | [the maximum amount of net resources to which the statutory | |
| 18 | 18 | guidelines are applicable, as most recently published by the Title | |
| 19 | 19 | IV-D agency in the Texas Register]. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. Section 154.125(a-1), Family Code, is repealed. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section | |
| 22 | 22 | 154.125, Family Code, applies only to a suit affecting the | |
| 23 | 23 | parent-child relationship that is filed on or after the effective | |
| 24 | 24 | date of this Act. A suit filed before the effective date of this Act | |
| 25 | 25 | is governed by the law in effect on the date the suit is filed, and | |
| 26 | 26 | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |