When a child support obligor is intentionally unemployed or underemployed, the intent to avoid child support need not be proven under Texas Family Code for the trial court to apply the child support guidelines to obligor’s earning potential instead of to actual earnings, disapproving DuBois v. DuBois, 956 S.W.2d 607; Woodall v. Woodall, 837 S.W.2d 856.
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