About your last post,
Is this hearing just for Child support or is there also provisions to talk about visitation. Maybe I missed something, but it sounds like it is just for support. If it is silent about custody/visitation, you have to file to have that addressed as a separate issue.
Do you have an attorney yet?
About payments through the court. Don't be too upset about them.
DH insisted that he continue to pay through the court rather than directly to
BM because it gives him the best proof that he has paid and paid on time. Over the years she has tried to claim otherwise, even infront of the judge and all DH's attoney needed to do is show the printout from the courthouse.
His jurisdiction is Florida and they tack on $5 or $6 to each payment. 5% seems high, but I don't know anything about Texas. You can always think of it as insurance against your ex claiming you didn't pay your support.
I did look it up and it seems it would be 20% of your after tax income that is deducted for CS. Most states look at both parent's income. I guess Texas is a little different.
If you do get 50/50 custody, this will change the amount of support you have to pay. You will definately need a lawyer for that.
This is a link to a standard visitation schedule. It is the boilerplate visitation schedule, so you may want to tweek it for your circumstances. The closer you are to the standard the more likely you will get what you ask. Don't be afraid to ask for more, but know that this is the minimum they will give you barring any abuse or other such issues.
http://www.divorcemyself.com/faqvisitation.html Good luck with everything,
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