Stipulated Parenting Plan

Child support is still paid when parents have joint custody in Texas in most situations.Generally, in most joint managing conservatorship cases one parent is named the primary conservator who has the right to determine the primary residence of the child, and the other parent has visitation.

I Have 50/50 Custody, Why Am I still Required to Pay Child Support? 50/50 custody arrangements do not necessarily absolve parents of child support obligations.A court will consider the income and earning potential of both parents and order the spouse with the higher income to pay child support.

Child maintenance payments It all depends on the child maintenance rate being paid and the number of shared care nights there are. If the day-to-day care of a child is shared equally between the paying parent and the receiving parent the paying parent will not have to pay any child maintenance for that child.

With 50/50 physical custody, each parent spends an equal amount of time with the child. Since this arrangement requires a lot of cooperation between parents, judges won't approve it unless they believe it will work and is in the child's best interest.

Custody and parenting hours are two terms that pop up during divorce settlement. Custody is the responsibility and the rights the parents have among them to support and care for their children. When custody is decided, visitation hours are also specified. Visitation is the how's and when's of a parent visiting a child.

Custody stipulations (also called provisions) provide rules and principles for parents to follow as they raise their children. Parents can put stipulations into the agreement or parenting plan to ensure that both parents adhere to certain standards and conditions whenever the child is in that parent's care.

Legal custody, which means who makes important decisions for your children (like health care, education, and welfare), and. Physical custody, which means who your children live with.

In the case of a 50/50 split, the higher earner usually pays child support to the lower earner to ensure the children's standard of living is the same in both locations.