Texas senator files bill requiring child support at conception
By Web staff
Click here for updates on this story
TYLER, Texas (KTBS) — An East Texas senator has filed in a bill for the 2023 legislative session that would require fathers to pay child support beginning at conception once paternity is determined.
Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, authored Senate Bill 590, which orders a man to pay retroactive child support once an order has determined the child’s paternity and starting at the “earliest possible date of the child’s conception.”
If passed, the bill would require the mother to be reimbursed for 50 percent of necessary and reasonable expenses that the mother had to pay for during gestation and delivery as well as postpartum recovery expenses that are not reimbursed by insurance.
The bill would also make the father reimburse the mother for the costs of materials in preparation for the child’s birth, including: diapers, a car seat; a crib, clothing, infant formula and lost wages because of time spent receiving medical attention for child care.
If both the House of Representatives and the Senate and Gov. Greg Abbott approve the bill, it would become law on Sept. 1.
Please note: This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.
