As a family lawyer, I have seen a lack of awareness on part of the step parent about their potential
child support obligation for their step child.
Once the net income of each parent is established, the court
determines child support obligations by looking at the percentage of total income each parent contributes and the number of children.
A portion of your child support that is paid to the children from your previous marriage will be deducted from your net income used to calculate your monthly
basic child support obligation.
One parent is designated the primary residential parent, and the other parent generally has the same
child support obligation as in sole custody situations.
If undue hardship conditions truly do exist and are successfully proven to the courts,
then child support obligations can be changed to reflect the individual's new circumstances.
The cancellation of alimony would not
affect child support obligations since a parent has a duty to support a child irrespective of the other spouse's financial status.
There is a monthly
child support obligation schedule that establishes the amount that must be paid based on the number of children and the monthly gross income of the parents.
Enter your client's basic deduction and expense data, and the program automatically calculates the tax liability in the Financial Affidavit and / or the net income for
child support obligations in the Child Support Guidelines Worksheet.
However, the
base child support obligation can be adjusted by requiring the noncustodial parent to pay more child support for certain costs, such as child care, health insurance and medical expenses.
If a court decides that one parent is intentionally
avoiding child support obligations through an unemployment or underemployment situation, the court will review the parent's employment history.
State governments are authorized to
enforce child support obligations through Title IV - D of the Social Security Act within the United States and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
The parties obtained a previous order which barred review of the payor's
child support obligation until 2019, despite any material change in circumstance.
Easily compute
child support obligations by calculating taxes and other deductions (including the «40 % Rule») to generate the required Child Support Guidelines Worksheet.
[55] In Hunt v Smolis - Hunt, 2001 ABCA 229 (CanLII) at para 42 [Hunt], 286 AR 248, this Court ruled that a person seeking to impute income to another, under section 19 (1)(a) of the Federal Child Support Guidelines, must adduce evidence that the obligor engaged in a «deliberate course of conduct for the purpose of
evading child support obligations».
For example, Ohio's child support calculations call for reduced
child support obligations when the parent paying support spends more time with the child.
Wallace v. Kaulback: In this decision of the Ontario Court of Justice released in late 2016, the Court was asked to determine whether Mr. Wallace had a settled intention to treat Mrs. Kaulback's eldest child, J, as a member of his family, such that he had an
ongoing child support obligation to her.
The motives of the parents and the validity of the reasons given for moving or opposing the move, including the extent to which either parent may intend to gain a financial advantage regarding
continuing child support obligations; and