# Unpaid Child Support
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unpaid-child-support/63083
**Category:** Law & Legal
**Created:** [September 5, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unpaid-child-support/63083 "2021-09-05T15:46:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@DonFromTexas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DonFromTexas)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unpaid-child-support/63083/1 "2021-09-05T15:46:37Z")
My daughter has mineral rights but is married to an individual that is thousands of dollars behind in child support payments. She is in Texas, the mineral rights are in New Mexico. Texas can grab most anything except her wages, my question is: Can Texas take mineral rights or mineral rights royalty checks for back child payments?
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unpaid-child-support/63083/2 "2021-09-05T20:42:19Z")
Your daughter needs to consult her own attorney(s) in areas of family law and oil and gas about this and to protect her assets. Factors include whether her mineral rights are her separate property and whether she has children from this or another marriage and whether they have a prenuptial or a post-nuptial agreement. She may need to file separate tax returns. This is a complicated area. At the same time, fathers have an obligation to support their children and Texas takes this very seriously.
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### Author:  [@DonFromTexas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DonFromTexas)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unpaid-child-support/63083/3 "2021-09-06T15:12:09Z")
Am I correct to say I read that as a yes - unless measures are taken to prevent it?
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### Author:  [@TODD\_M\_Baker](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TODD_M_Baker)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unpaid-child-support/63083/4 "2021-09-06T15:34:53Z")
Your daughter needs to consult her own attorney(s) in areas of family law and oil and gas about this and to protect her assets.- TennisDaze!
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unpaid-child-support/63083/5 "2021-09-07T20:46:04Z")
Visit with a Texas family law attorney. I imagine that your daughter can protect the asset and income therefrom if she does not co-mingle the assets. Separate bank account, etc.
_This post is not legal or tax advice and does create an attorney/client relationship._
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unpaid-child-support/63083/6 "2021-12-04T15:46:51Z")
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