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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB1980Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.
Direction
Custody & supportchild supportAI label
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 90%
Requires courts to presume retroactive child support from the date of conception (rather than birth or later), and allows orders for prenatal health care expenses, so more obligations for the paying parent.
it is presumed to be reasonable and in the best interest of the child for a court to order retroactive child support for the child beginning on the earliest possible date of the child's conception
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Custody & supportpaternityAI label
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Changes rules for ordering retroactive child support in paternity adjudications and acknowledgments, applying the new presumption from conception, so more obligations for the paying parent.
the court shall, on the request of a party and on a proper showing, order retroactive child support as provided by Section 154.131
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Family Code provisions to create a presumption of retroactive child support starting at conception (with medical or other evidence), adds liability for prenatal/postnatal health expenses, and updates related paternity and acknowledgment rules; all provisions increase obligations on the paying parent, with no countervailing expansions of that parent's rights. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
Related bills
HB947Relating to a suit for dissolution of a marriage and associated suit affecting the parent-child relationship when a party is pregnant.↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed
HB737Relating to searches of the state registry of paternity.=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed
HB175Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's concep↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Died (session ended)
HB88Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's concep↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Died (session ended)
Hearings and calendar
2025-05-05 14:00 · Hearing · House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Committee Hearing E2.016