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Short Answer: Yes, you can file for child support while married in Texas!
Uncontested divorces are not granted to couples with minor children in Texas. Rather, a form of "agreed divorce" is granted. This means you both must agree on all issues related to the divorce (including child custody and child support), and you are both willing to sign all court forms.
Typically a divorce involving children where parents are able to use mediation to agree on all key issues will take around six months, while a contested divorce where parents cannot agree on a child custody arrangement could take over a year.
Noncustodial parents are required to contribute 20 percent of net income (the base child support rate in Texas) for one child and an additional five percent for each subsequent child. Noncustodial parents with five or more children on child support are required to contribute at least 40 percent of net income.
Child support laws in Texas provide that the court ?may order either or both parents to support a child? until either the child turns 18 or graduates from high school (the later of the two), the child emancipates by marriage, the disabilities of the child are removed, or the child dies.