What Factors Does The Court Consider When Determining Child Custody?

Each state has its own prescribed rules and statutes regarding the amount of child support. Usually, there’s a very strict process of calculating and there are some disputes about what is income. Truck drivers, for example, don’t have a specific income every week or every month. The Attorney General’s office is typically involved in these cases. They oversee the child support collection disbursement unit.

As far as custody, every case is different. The court is going to want to know about the household arrangement of the children. Are they being given their own rooms and beds? Who is picking them up from school? Who’s more equipped to care for them? It’s an area that requires a lot of negotiation and is very emotionally charged. As an attorney, in order to achieve the best result for your client, it typically involves critique against the other spouse and they are going to give it right back. I would never recommend to anyone that they try to handle these types of cases on their own.

Can A Child Under 18 Ever Decide Who He Or She Will Live With?

The Texas statute says that a child’s request for custody can be considered at 14 years of age.

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