Divorce - Special Instructions for Filing in Travis County
Read the special instructions and attach the standing order if you are filing in Travis County, Texas.
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Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs
(Separate Website)
Free form: The Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs is a sworn statement, telling the court that you cannot pay the court's filing fees. (revised 3/11/2011)
Modification Kit
Here you will find all of the documents needed to modify your child support and custody orders.
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Answers to questions about Child Support in Texas
What is child support, how much is child support, how to establish child support payments, withholding orders and more answers to questions about child support.
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Child Support Calculator
Use this fillable Adobe form to see an estimate for child support payments in Texas. This is only an estimate courts consider other factors to detemine child support payments.
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Child Support through the Texas Attorney General's Office
(Separate Website)
Link to OAG Child Support site.
Default Judgment Kit
(Separate Website)
These forms explain what you need to do to get a final judgment when the other party will not respond to the lawsuit or appear in court. This kit includes instructions and explanations about what you must do, a checklist for the forms you need, and the actual forms you can use.
By: Travis County Law Library
Legal Notice
Read more about how to give notice to a party, how to serve the document, how to service by publication and how to give your spouse legal notice.
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General Affidavit (free form) A General Affidavit is a written statement, sworn to be true, giving specific reasons to support the things you are asking a judge to do. It is required when you ask the court for "extraordinary" or extra special relief like removing someone from a home or protecting children from an abusive parent These forms have instructions on how to complete the affidavit and a blank affidavit form.
By: Travis County Law Library
Serving the Document and the Certificate of Service If the other party in your case has filed an answer or appeared in court, and you need to file more documents in your case, you will need to give the other party a copy of the documents, or serve the documents. Read this to learn how to serve the document.
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Handbook on Child Support Enforcement
(Separate Website)
This resource provides helpful information about how to apply for child support enforcement services, how to find a noncustodial parent, how to establish paternity and child support orders, and how to enforce those orders across state lines.
By: Office of Child Support Enforcement
2011 Referral Directory Legal Services and Other Resources Legal services and other resources for low-income Texans.