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Child support is the non-custodial parent's portion of the expenses of the child, including housing, food, clothing and so on. It is up to the custodial parent whether an "allowance" can be paid to the child from the child support amount.

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Q: Are the children suppose to get money out of the child support the non custodial father pays?
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Can the custodial parent stop child support because the father is helping with children?

The situation regarding child support MUST be revisited if the circumstances of the custodial parent change.


Why does father who has custody of two children but still pays non custodial parent child support?

That does not seem right. The father needs to go back to court and get the Judgement altered so that the mother pays the non custodial support.


If the father is raising the children does he still have to pay child support?

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Does a non-custodial mother have to pay child support to the father?

Yes, if the father is the custodial parent. It works just the same as when the mother is the custodial parent. The non-custodial pay child support based on their income and other factors.


Can a Florida custodial parent receive child support from the non custodial parent even if the custodial parent owes child support for the same children from a previous case?

That's up to the judge, but generally is only applicable when a father gets custody while owing, as only 7 out of 1000 mothers pay support to custodial fathers.


Can the current wife sue her husband's ex-wife for child support?

No. If your present husband is the father of the children of his previous marriage and is the custodial parent he would have to sue his ex-wife (the children's mother) for support.


If the custodial parent two children give one of the children back to the father does the father still have to pay child support for the one child that stayed with the mother or are they even?

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Does child support increase if the father gets married?

No. (The answer is the same whether the father is the obligor/non-custodial parent or obligee/custodial parent.)


How come a father has to automatically pay for child support and a mother may not if the father is the custodial parent?

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How much child support does the custodial parent get if the father is an immigrant?

It varies.


How is child support calculated in Colorado when non custodial makes less than custodial but child is splitting time equally between both?

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What should the Non custodial father do if the kids have been with him for years living in my house and now the mother tries to get support when they move with her?

In such a case, the non-custodial father should prepare to begin paying child support.