When calculating child support payments, Texas considers all income from:
Employment
Severance pay
Unemployment benefits
Retirement
Social security
Workers’ compensation awards
The court may also assign income value to assets or impute income to a parent who is purposely unemployed or underemployed to determine the amount of the child support award. Support paid for other children, taxes, and the cost of covering the child’s health insurance are then deducted to determine the parent’s net income. Child support awards are a percentage of the net income, based on the number of children.