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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB4492Relating to the failure to pay child support by certain biological fathers; creating a criminal offense.
Direction
Custody & supportsupport enforcementAI label
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 90%
Creates a new criminal offense with mandatory minimum jail time for biological fathers who accrue six months or more of child support arrearages in cases where the mother could not access abortion services during pregnancy, increasing penalties and enforcement for unpaid support.
A biological father described by Section 157.601 commits an offense if the father accrues child support arrearages for a period of six months or longer.
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Custody & supportchild supportAI label
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Applies the new criminal offense and penalties specifically to biological fathers of children born when the mother was unable to access abortion services during pregnancy, altering obligations tied to support in those cases.
This subchapter applies only to a biological father who fails to pay child support for a child born to a mother who during the pregnancy was unable to access or receive abortion services.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new criminal offense with escalating penalties and mandatory minimum confinement for failure to pay child support by certain biological fathers, plus an affirmative defense if the father supported abortion access efforts; this increases obligations and enforcement for the paying parent in specified cases. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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Hearings and calendar
2025-05-12 14:30 · Hearing · House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Committee Hearing E2.016