Five Things to Remember About Child Support

Andrea Kaye and Stan Prowse Legal Eagle Radio

English - March 17, 2015 04:42 - 10 minutes - 9.81 MB
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If a divorcing couple has minor children, child support will be one of the main issues in their divorce.

Here are five things to remember about how child support works.

To find out how much you will pay or receive, someone has to do the following five things:

1. Determine Custody.

Joint legal and joint physical
Joint legal, sole physical, visitation
Sole legal, sole physical, visitation
“Primary residence” ?

2. Determine a parenting plan

Holiday schedule
School breaks (year ‘round?)
Summer

3. Calculate time share

Partial days
School days
More time supporting parent has, the lower the payments

4. Determine income

Employees with regular paychecks – easy
Self-employed – difficult
Commissions and bonuses

5. Adjusting the computer’s figure

Front end – impute income
Back end – “add-ons”

San Diego Divorce Attorney Stanley D. Prowse is a California Certified Family Law Specialist. We welcome your legal inquiries.