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As a rule, parents are financially responsible for their biological children only not step children unless those children have been legally adopted by the new spouse.
There have been exceptions however. Courts have ruled in favor of the custodial biological parent pertaining to financial support of such children if the marriage was valid for a lengthy time. (The definition of lengthy being left to the court's discretion.) The premise being, the non biological parent voluntarily accepted responsibility for the care of the children in question by entering into the marriage.
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If you marry someone who pays child support in Chicago will your income factor in how much he pays for child support?
no
Child support is based off of what?
Child support is based of how much the main guardian spends on the child/children.
How much child support will I get for 4 children in divorce?
Will you have custody or not?
How much do you have to pay in child support in ny for two separate children?
In general, child support is a percentage of net income. When calculating support for younger children, support actually ordered and paid for older children is subtracted from net income.
How much would you have to pay in child support?
In general, child support is a percentage of net income (e.g., in Illinois, 20% for one child, 25% for two children).
If you are receiving child support for your daughter from her father and he has another child and the mother of that child files for child support also is your daughter child support affected by that?
Yes since there is only so much money that can be taken for child support regardless of the number of children. The limit is 25% of a persons wage can be taken for child support. The courts can not take more then 25% of a persons income even if there are a hundred children.
How can you find out how much you should get in child support?
Child support is determined by the number of children you have in your care and the financial situation of the parent that is paying child support. Since every person's financial situation is different the amount people have to pay for child support varies from case to case. There is no set amount. The only way you can find out how much you should receive is to go to court to sue your children's' other parent for child support. The court will them determine how much should be paid every month.
If my children are split in a divorce how much child support will have to be paid?
100 dollars at least a month.
How much child support should be paid per child?
To identify how much child support you need to pay, must felling out the working sheet of child support and put the both income vs expenses and need for the children invold and is % will be calculate and that's what responsible parent should be pay for child support. See a legal or assistan they can help you to fill that information out.
How much is child support?
A general rule for child support is about 1/8 of your pay per child. That may be high in some states but it's a fair bet in terms of budgeting what you will be paying. There is usually some sliding cap so if you have three children it will be not much less than someone with four children.
Do you have a right to claim child support after 5 years when the child was born?
Yes, there is no limitation on beginning a case for child support. It's unlikely that you will get much, or anything at all in arrears from the 5 years that you did not request it, but child support is the right of the child and each parent is financially responsible for their children.
You pay child support for two children from a previous marriageand have four from a current marriage. Just found out you have one outside your marriage how much child support in Texas?
May I suggest a vasectomy? 25% of you income on your total child support order
