Child Support

Child support laws are determined by the state in which the child/children reside which is where the support will be ordered. Some states use the "income shares model" of determining support, which is basically the amount needed to give the child/children the same standard of living they would have experienced if the marriage or relationship had not ended. Other states base the amount on the percentage of net income of the parent ordered to pay the support, for example. 1 child25% and so forth, the maximum is generally set at 40%-50% of the net income. (For more information http://www.child-support-collections.com)

Generally, the obligation ends when the child reaches 18 years of age or the child graduates from high school, whichever occurs later. A child will also automatically be ineligible for child support if that child marries, or is removed from disability status by a court order.

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Yes, the only thing child support is not based on is SSI. Count yourself lucky if they base it on unemployment, usually they base it on employment potential, as in what you should be making if you were employed.

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Not currently under statutory provisions, but can be introduced as a potential argument as a part of a Rebuttable Presumption. But, this is a two way street and can also apply to an S/O. Even when considered, it is limited to reducing potential adjustments due to a lose of earnings by the either parent, resulting from a layoff.

If you are supposed to pay child support, the fact that the child is earning money from two jobs, has nothing to do with child support. Child support is paid to the person looking after the child to help support your child!

Yes, if there is a court order for child support or until the court order is changed or revised.

The statute of Child Support in Louisiana is found within many different articles comprising Louisiana Revised Statute 9:312 through 4:315:48. Within these statutes of the Revised Statutes you will find an education on how child support is set and handled.

The child support calculation statute is found at 9:315.2

You do not have to pay taxes on child support, it is not money you earned, it is money that is court ordered, though in cases where a woman targets specific men of high income to get pregnant by, multiple times, perhaps it should be. An example is a woman who conceives a different child to a different man, each time receiving a full award. With different fathers, the total amount received can be 200-300% higher than what would be received from one father paying on three children.

More arguments and probly another kid and you realize that your missing out on something better that walks by you.

You HAVE to go through the court system. Go online to the court house where your support papers were drawn up (This is were you have to file paperwork). You need to file for a modification in child support. Also, check your originals to make sure there are no clauses about continuing support after 18 if the child goes into secondary education.

The date that child support obligations are to terminate will be stipulated in the child support order. Generally it will read until the age of majority (18 except in Nebraska which is 19) or state a specified age and conditions. Child support is for the child/children and the parent who retains physical custody must use it for that purpose. An 18-year-old for all practical purposes is considered an adult and the child support payment legally belongs to him or her. The custodial parent can either return the money to the paying parent or give it to the named child. He or she cannot withhold the money from a child who has reached the age of majority, nor use it for their own purposes.

If the parent refuses to pay court-ordered child support, then yes.

Yes: by signing an acknowledgment of paternity; by having been married to the mother of the child when the child was conceived or born; by failing to appear for an appointment with the child support agency, a court date or paternity test.

From your question this is from my experience.

I am a mom and I moved out of state from the non custodial parent.

For my own reasons and safety.

Child Support does continue. you will pay it to the Child Support enforcement how ever you are paying it now. And it will be sent to the custodial parent as normal.

Visitations you will have to speak to the custodial parent about this. You both can pay for expenses to see the child splitting the costs of plane tickets or gas to get the child to you, if not too far away from each other.

Or you pay the fare one time for the plane trip and then another time the custodial parent pays for the fare etc.

You will have to figure out what holidays and days off from school so that you can do your visitations for more then a couple of days and such so that way this is not too hard on the children.

Like Christmas and Thanksgiving, Easter Week and/or Spring Breaks and Winter Breaks depending on the states and Summer Vacations.

IF for some reason that the custodial parent does not want to do this with you or will not speak to you on this. Child Support will not help you with this. You must return to court and you must fight for the right to have visits with your children. But keep in mind in most states, after 6 months the children are now residents of the state, and you will have to do this in the child's resident state, usually. It is best to get an attorney in your state and find out the laws of your state, but most children once they reside for 6 months in a state with the custodial parent they are residents of the state after then and all court hearings must take place in the state the children are living in.

and residents of.

Where it is about the children and such and even though it is for your state and your rights, it is still this way.

what state you living in? because i know that when your child turns 18 you shouldn't have to pay child support. that should still stand even if she has a baby. it should be the father of her baby that should be paying child support not you.

New York

Yes, as well as it can be increased to cover additional medical costs. Depending on the state, it runs from age 18 to age 23. New York is age 21.

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Ferne cotton

Yes and no. Pell Grants and Student Loans are exempt from garnishment by federal law. This money will go directly to your college and pay for books and such. School must be paid for first. However, a bona fide loop hole does exist: If you recive a left over rebate from your college and deposit those funds into a bank account, it's fair game. This is why you burn all left over money from your school up or ask your school to give you a check instead of a bank transfer. Just sign that check over to someone else. Because if you're scared that your pell grant or student loan is going to be intercepted, it's obvious you have a garnishment order if effect on your bank accounts, paycheck, income tax check and ect, lol. Do the right thing you guys, and make a payment plan with the state to stop most enforcement efforts.

no i don't think so, any from of threat like to kill someone is illegal

In most states, the courts will not allow you to "sign over your rights" unless it is for the purpose of adoption and another person has agreed to become financially responsible for the child. If someone is adopting the child, signing a consent for the adoption will end all obligations but will not wipe out any child support arrearage.

It would seem logical that the remarriage would include the child or children and therefore the couple would be taking care of (supporting if preferred) said children. If the question refers to a child support order remaining in affect, then the answer would be no.

Federal law allows a variety of methods for procuring the funds for back child support including wage garnishment, seizure of property and even the diversion of a tax refund from your ex to you.

Yes, but first the father must establish paternity and then petition the court for those rights if he is not on the birth certificate. The court will also require the father to pay child support and probably furnish adequate medical coverage, depending on the situation.

Yes, both parents do.

No. Only biological parents or persons who have legally adopted a minor child are responsible for their financial support.

However, if the grandparents's child is a minor and a father, they can be court ordered to pay child support in his name until he is old enough to get a job and pay himself.