Bill Text: TX SB375 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of a wage and salary presumption to an incarcerated person for purposes of determining child support obligations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Referred to State Affairs [SB375 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB375-Introduced.html
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| By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 375 | |
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| relating to the applicability of a wage and salary presumption to an | ||
| incarcerated person for purposes of determining child support | ||
| obligations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 154.068, Family Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| Sec. 154.068. WAGE AND SALARY PRESUMPTION. (a) In the | ||
| absence of evidence of a party's resources, as defined by Section | ||
| 154.062(b), the court shall presume that the party has income equal | ||
| to the federal minimum wage for a 40-hour week to which the support | ||
| guidelines may be applied. | ||
| (b) The presumption required by Subsection (a) does not | ||
| apply if the party is subject to an order of confinement that | ||
| exceeds 90 days and is incarcerated in a local, state, or federal | ||
| jail or prison at the time the court makes the determination | ||
| regarding the party's income. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 154.068, Family Code, applies only to a proceeding to establish or | ||
| modify a child support obligation that is pending in a trial court | ||
| on or filed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
