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TX HB187
Bill
Status
11/12/2024
Primary Sponsor
Ryan Guillen
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AI Summary
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Requires courts to order retroactive child support beginning from the first day of the calendar month when conception occurred, as determined by parental acknowledgment or standard medical practice, when paternity is established through adjudication or acknowledgment
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Mandates fathers reimburse an equitable portion of the mother's unreimbursed medical expenses during gestation, delivery, and postpartum recovery, as well as lost wages from time spent receiving medical attention
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Requires reimbursement for an equitable portion of birth preparation materials including diapers, car seats, cribs, clothing, and infant formula
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Changes retroactive child support from discretionary ("may order") to mandatory ("shall order") upon a finding of parentage
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Interest on retroactive child support payments does not begin accruing until one year after the paternity order is rendered or acknowledgment is executed; law applies only to orders and acknowledgments made on or after September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to requiring a man determined by adjudication or acknowledgment to be a child's father to pay retroactive child support beginning on the first day of the calendar month in which the child's conception occurred.
Courts
Last Action
Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
2/27/2025