My friend is going through a divorce with 2 biological children. If he takes possession of his son and she (the ex) keeps possession of the daughter, who will pay child support. Isn't a child support order mandatory in Texas? Neither should pay child support, correct? What happens?

since they both have one child they could agree on no child support. then again if one makes more money than the other that one might have to pay some child support. Only the court or the lawyers can decide what works for this family. Each case is different and should be.

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Is it common that when a father has 50/50 custody of two girls with two different woman, that the two girls would be with there father at the same time. This way they would know there have sister.

I would think that makes sense. They should know each other. They are sisters, after all.

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if parent A has custody, but parent B pays child support, which in theory, should cover most of the expenses involved in raising a child, then why does parent A get to claim the child as a dependent, when the child is obviously dependent on income from parent B?

dependant means an Australian resident you maintained who was:

your spouse
your child aged less than 21 years, or
your child aged 21 years or over but less than 25 years who was receiving full-time education at a school, college or university and whose separate net income was less than $1,786.

If the parents of a child lived separately or apart for all or part of the income year and the child was a dependant of each of them, the child is treated as a dependant of each parent.Therefore a child can be claimed as a dependant of both birth parents for the purpose of tax

Hope that helps

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My ex-wife and I have been divorced / seperated for about 4 years. We have a daughter together that is 5 years old. As soon as we initially split up, I was paying child support of $660.00 a month, which, at the time, this figure was based on me only having my daughter every other weekend, which was not the case. Ever since we have split up, I have had our daughter the same amount, if not more than her mother. About a year and a half ago, we both fought with DCF and the court system to have the case thrown out, as they were continually messing up our case, (not applying payments that had been made etc..) The day that we got the case thrown out, I have since been paying for her schooling and other needs 100%, (about $500.00 a month not including food and clothes etc.). I make quite considerably more money than she does, but I work for myself, and last year through taxes, I had a $1350 loss through my business. She recently lost her job, and has now filed for child support yet again even though I pay for everything. I know that she is trying to get more because she lost her job, and not only does she want child support, she wants me to pay half of school etc.. She also has some mental illnesses, she has tried to commit suicide a couple of times, and has been in several mental institutions. Any advice?

Thanks in advance..
I am paying everything 100% currently, but according to her, that is not enough, so she is trying to get me to pay child support, and also pay half of my daughters schooling on top of Child support. In other words, pay child support, and half of what I currently pay towards her schooling..

Ok first thing I would suggest is that you apply for custody of your daughter before she does.

You don't mention any emotional attachment to your daughter (not accusing you of anything) your just talking money here.
If your-child's's mother, does obtain custody,it wont matter how much time your daughter is with you, or what you pay for, you will still pay Child Support plus anything else if your daughter lives with you. All that matters to the courts is the Custodial Parent getting their money every week!
I know this because of my husbands situation with the mother of his children. She is custodial parent; and one of his two children is living with us! And still, he is paying full child support to her no matter where these children live, once the court has decided for you.

Spent allot of money on lawyers because of this and everyone only cares about the custodial mother, doesn't matter if she's been in mental institutions or not. If she wins custody over your daughter, get used to handing out the dough. I suggest you acquire custody for your daughters sake, if this is true what your telling.

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My kids are 17 and 15. I have had primary physical custody since our divorce. Their father has been out of state for nearly two years and has worked out a custody arrangement that has made everyone's lives crazy to say the least. To avoid stress on the kids, I have gone along with it but now he is talking about moving back to my state and within 5 miles from us. He has told the kids that he spoke with an attorney and that legally, they get to choose who they live with. Somehow, he has convinced both that they would be better off with him… not a difficult thing to do since I have been the consistent disciplinary one and he has really not been around for the "hard times" in raising young teens. My question… can he do this? I am worried that he won't be there for the kids on a regular basis. He works long hours and has moved from place to place 6 times over the past 6 years. I honestly think this is money driven since he thinks he won't have to pay child support if he gets them full time. I would think that the courts would want both parents to have 50/50 custody in the best interest of the kids. Am I wrong? And how can it be that after 6 years of being a consistent parent, all of a sudden I can lose my rights? Help!

I'm not absolutely positive, but if I remember correctly, when I was young (in California) we were allowed to choose which parent we wanted to live with when we were 14.

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He is 10 years old. the father is domineering and a bully. the boy wants to be with his mom. the dad tricked the mom and she lost custody. she wants to fight to get her son back. she has a job but is very low income and cannot afford an attorney. she is a good person who needs help.

If she lost custody, chances are it was for a good reason, but then again you didn't give us a reason except "she was tricked". It doesn't matter if she got a high priced New York attorney and it doesn't matter if the father is a total d-ick. Unless he violates the terms of custody, like witholding the child, there is nothing she can do.

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My girlfriend just found out currently that she is pregnant again with my child, I am currently in the Army reserves but I want to go active to support my family, my girlfriend has a son from a different father, they have joint custody cause she doesn't have a permanent address. Would she get custody of her son if we lived on base somewhere when I go active?

No, your military status has no bearing on her custody status. She would have to petition the court and request full custody based on her change in status (permanent residence).

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if one parent gets sole custody of the child in the divorce & the other has supervised visits only (all due to a drug problem) and the parents end up getting back together (after the drug abuser is in recovery & meeting the terms of visitation) would it change the terms of custody at all? (in oregon, if that matters).

would it make any difference to custody if they were (A) together but not married nor living together (B) living together but NOT married (C) re-married?

No. In order to change that, you will need to appear both in court again. Only a Judge can change that ruling.

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