When the parents don't live together, the custodial parent (the parent who has custody) can obtain court - ordered child support from the noncustodial parent (the parent who does not have custody or who has
less custodial time with the children).
Not exact matches
When parents divorce or break up, the noncustodial parent (the one with
less parenting
time) usually pays child support to the
custodial parent (the parent with more
custodial time) based on the parents» respective incomes.
When parents divorce or break up, the noncustodial parent (the one with
less parenting
time) usually pays child support to the
custodial parent (the parent with
Typically the non-
custodial parent (the parent with
less parenting
time) pays child support to the other
custodial parent or «receiving parent.»
The approximate percentage of
time that the
custodial parent will spend with the child (H %) is added to 1 if H % is
less than 50 %, or subtracted from 2 if it is above 50 %.
The idea behind a lump - sum settlement is the
time value of money; for a variety of reasons, some
custodial parents would prefer to receive a certain sum of money up front rather than a
lesser amount trickled in over
time.
If a child is to be with one parent significantly more of the
time than with the other parent (for example, when the two parents live a considerable distance from one another), I suggest replacing the traditional term of «
custodial parent» with the
less emotionally charged concept of «the child's primary residence» and «the child's secondary residence.»
And children become alienated against
custodial parents (traditionally mothers), as well as parents with
less parenting
time (traditionally fathers).
The primary
custodial parent is the one who cares for the children more than 50 percent of the
time, while the parent with visitation rights is the one who cares for the children
less than 50 percent of the
time.