IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB DUE TO COVID-19. DO YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY YOUR CHILD SUPPORT?

IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB DUE TO COVID-19. DO YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY YOUR CHILD SUPPORT?

If you lost your job or have less income because your workplace shut down or cut back on your hours or wages during the coronavirus crisis, you still have to pay child support. 

While you do still have to pay the same amount that the court ordered, if your ability to pay has changed, you can file a petition to modify the parent-child relationship.

The Office of the Attorney General Child Support Division has put together a COVID-19 resource page that will tell you what to do if you need to involve their office but the courthouse or Attorney General storefront is closed.

Texas courts have held that a decrease in a parent’s salary is a material and substantial change in circumstances. That means it is one reason a court might order a change in the amount of child support you are supposed to pay.

Your obligation is to support your child.

HERE IS THE COVID-19 RESOURCE PAGE: