DETERMINING SUPPORT AMOUNT; MODIFICATION

Sec. 233.013.  DETERMINING SUPPORT AMOUNT;  MODIFICATION.  (a)  The Title IV-D agency may use any information obtained by the agency from the parties or any other source and shall apply the child support guidelines provided by this code to determine the appropriate amount of child support.

(b)  If it has been three years since a child support order was rendered or last modified and the amount of the child support award under the order differs by either 20 percent or $100 from the amount that would be awarded under the child support guidelines, the Title IV-D agency shall file an appropriate child support review order, including an order that has the effect of modifying an existing court or administrative order for child support without the necessity of filing a motion to modify.

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  1. [...] in the cost of cash assistance, food stamps and medicaid.  In addition it appears that receipt of child support income makes it possible for many families to avoid public assistance in the first [...]

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