Texas Child Support

Percentage of net resources — the ch. 154 math

Texas computes guideline support as a percentage of the obligor's monthly NET RESOURCES — 20% for one child up to 40% for five under § 154.125, a reduced schedule below $1,000, and adjusted tables when the obligor supports children in more than one household. Enter net resources; the § 154.062 organizer below shows what counts.

Guideline ceiling:$9,200/mo net resources — an agency-published figure (Texas Register, § 154.125(a-1)), not a statute number

Your numbers

Obligor monthly net resources (§ 154.062)Net, not gross — the organizer below lists what § 154.062 counts in and out; the AG's § 154.061 tax charts convert gross to net.Children before the court in this caseOther children the obligor has a legal duty to support

Guideline result

Enter net resources to compute

The percentage, the schedule, and every honesty note render the moment there's a number to apply them to.

Authority locked — retrieved from the hash-pinned corpus

Tex. Fam. Code § 154.125 · #c84ae903Tex. Fam. Code § 154.126 · #d86444dcTex. Fam. Code § 154.128 · #605e90a5Tex. Fam. Code § 154.129 · #4f8ee139Tex. Fam. Code § 154.062 · #97eac011Tex. Fam. Code § 154.061 · #bae2a2f8Tex. Fam. Code § 154.122 · #a408a998Tex. Fam. Code § 154.123 · #3fef06d6

Presumptive, not automatic — and net resources are where cases are fought. §§ 154.122–154.123 let courts vary from every number this tool returns, and the real dispute is usually the inputs: what counts as net resources (§ 154.062), self-employment income, intentional underemployment, and the Attorney General's tax charts (§ 154.061) that convert gross to net. The guideline ceiling is published by the Title IV-D agency in the Texas Register under § 154.125(a-1) and adjusts over time — verify the current figure before relying on a capped calculation.

Attorney review is strongly recommended when income is disputed, a parent is self-employed, or support is being modified. This is legal information, not legal advice.