GETTING MARRIED

MY DAUGHTER HAS GRADUATED FROM TEXAS TECH AND COVENANT NURSING PROGRAM. SHE HAS PASSED HER BOARDS AND HAS A LANDED A GREAT JOB.

HER FIANCE HAS A DAUGHTER WHO RECENTLY TURNED 3 YEARS OLD.

HE IS FIGHTING FOR STANDARD VISITATION AND IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED ON MORE THAN 1 OCCASION FOR THEM TO GET MARRIED (THEY CURRENTLY LIVE TOGETHER) BEFORE THEY RETURN TO COURT IN EARLY MARCH.

OUR QUESTIONS ARE:

WILL GETTING MARRIED INCREASE THEIR CHANCE OF GETTING STANDARD VISITATION? (WE ARE WONDERING WHY THEY ARE EVEN HAVING TO FIGHT FOR THIS SINCE IT IS THE LAW - THEY ARE BOTH UPSTANDING CITIZENS, HAVE GOOD JOBS, HE HAS PAID EVERY SUPPORT PAYMENT ON TIME - HAS PICKED HIS DAUGHTER UP FOR EVERY VISITATION EXCEPT 1 WHEN HE WAS SICK. HE HAS CONSTANTLY ASKED FOR MORE TIME WITH HER WHICH THE MOTHER HAS DENIED EXCEPT WHEN IT BENEFITED HER. SINCE THEY WERE NOT MARRIED AT THE TIME SHE WAS BORN - HE HAD TO GO TO COURT FOR A DNA AND VISITATION HEARING. SHE WAS ALMOST 1 WHEN HE WAS GRANTED VISITATION AND HE STARTED PAYING SUPPORT. HE OWED SOME BACK CHILD SUPPORT WHICH HE HAS TOTALLY PAID BACK IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS.

WHEN HE AND MY DAUGHTER GET MARRIED - WILL HER INCOME EVER BE SUBJECT TO BEING INCLUDED WITH HIS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT IN ANY MODIFACATIONS TO THE SUPPORT AMOUNT?

ANY ADVICE WE CAN GET ON THIS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.