I'm suppose to be having a child support mediation with my daughter's father. He intentionally quite his job.

A mediation is not a court hearing. The advantage of mediation is that the parties can craft the solution they want -- provided you both agree to it. It sounds like this is an Attorney General settlement conference. Bring any information you have on him getting paid under the table -- the more proof the better. If you are not in agreement the Attorney General can propose an order and you have the right to object. You will need a lawyer to aggressively represent you in court. I suggest you look here on for a child support lawyer in your area. Good luck!

The other attorney, Karen, mentioned that mediation is not a court hearing. This means that the mediator cannot "make him get a job with a paycheck" Perhaps the mediator makes recommendations to the Judge in your county, perhaps they do not. But the mediator cannot make anyone do anything. Mediation is a voluntary process whereby Parties may be "ordered" by the court(judge) to go to mediation but the mediation session is a voluntary process. You choose to make an agreement. The other side has the same choice. If both sides choose to make an agreement then mediation has helped resolve an issue. Having said that, Karen offered very sage and appropriate advise. Good Luck. If you found this helpful, please indicate so below

It does appear that you are speaking about a child support conference with the Texas Attorney General’s Office. They Attorney General will look at his ability to work and will have access to his past earnings. If they see a great decrease in his earnings then they will use the prior amount which should result in the proper child support amount.