For example, if the court changes the number of nights the child spends with each parent,
the new child support calculation may be different.
Not exact matches
Even though your ex-spouse's
new wife's income is rarely considered in
child support calculations, his remarriage may increase his net income slightly, thereby increasing your
child support payments.
Your
new spouse's income may affect your
child support payments, however, if your state considers your spouse's income in its
calculations of your available income.
However, the
new spouse's income can affect the
calculation of
child support since it impacts the available income a paying parent has available to pay toward his
child support obligation.
Technically, the courts in most states will not include a
new spouse's income in
child support calculations.
Before sitting down at the mediation table, we help create your own budget that accurately reflects your
new living situations, including a
calculation for state - mandated
child support as a guide.
It is important to note that in
New Jersey, since alimony is a component of income for
calculation of
child support, there tends to be parity of net incomes between the parties following a divorce for longer - term marriages.