This is because, unlike public assistance benefits, such as food stamps and welfare checks, most states treat VA benefits as income for the purpose of determining
an appropriate amount of child support that the parent without custody, referred to as the noncustodial parent, should pay.
What factors do the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines permit a Probate Judge to take into consideration when the Judge is deciding
the appropriate amount of a child support order?
In determining
the appropriate amount of child support, the court considers numerous factors, including:
Alternatively, if you are paying child support or facing a claim for child support, contact our office to assist in determining
the appropriate amount of child support to be paid and work to ensure you are not overpaying.
Our Toronto lawyers are experienced with applying the Federal Child Support Guidelines to determine
the appropriate amount of child support.
Not exact matches
Florida law provides a formula, the
child support guidelines, that establishes an
amount of child support that the state presumes to be
appropriate.
The court will generally presume that modification is
appropriate if the difference between an existing award and the
amount determined by a new analysis and application
of the current
child support guidelines varies by at least 15 %.
Because there are varying degrees
of disability and a wide variety
of factors impacting the cost
of care for a disabled
child, determining an
appropriate amount of BC
child support can be complicated.
If a spousal
support order is entered and the
child's diagnosis affects the BC spousal
support owed, periodic reviews
of spousal and
child support may be ordered to make sure the
appropriate amount of money is still being provided.
if the
amount if inappropriate, an
amount that the court says is
appropriate having regard to the means, needs and other circumstances
of the
child and the ability
of each spouse to
support the
child;
(ii) in respect
of the balance
of the spouse's income, the
amount that the court considers
appropriate, having regard to the condition, means, needs and other circumstances
of the
children who are entitled to
support and the financial ability
of each spouse to contribute to the
support of the
children; and
There is a rebuttable presumption that the
amounts listed in the current
Child Support Charts are
appropriate, but a judge who finds these
amounts to be unfair or inappropriate in light
of the circumstances
of a particular case may order a different
amount.
The gross income
of each parent, number
of children, pre-existing
child support responsibilities, childcare costs, health care costs, and extraordinary expenses are entered into the
appropriate worksheet to determine the
child support amount, which may be adjusted as the court deems
appropriate.
If you decided that
support will be paid for a
child for whom either
of you acted in the place
of a parent, you can determine an
appropriate child support amount by taking into account what the Federal Guidelines say and the legal obligation
of any other person to
support that
child.