April 2008 - Posts
Here is some information on child support in Indiana. It sometimes bothers me how thee non custodial parents who pay child support, do not want to help with their children, by paying child support, or there is always an issue with the child support, it is for the care of their child. On that being said, I usually like to start my child support informational blogs, with something on that basis, I suppose a reminder to parents, this is for your child.
With child support in Indiana, either parent can be ordered to pay child support. Child support is not ordered for anything to do with a marital fault or misconduct in the marriage. Child support in Indiana has certain factors, and those are.
1. How much the custodial parent makes financially, their resources and what they pay, is a basis to how much child support is paid.
2. The same goes for the non custodial parent, how much they bring in financially and their financial resources along with what they pay, is a basis to how much child support is paid.
3. How the child was living during marriage, referred to as the standard of living, before the divorce, is a basis to how much child support is paid.
4. The physical and mental health of the child, if there is any certain medical bills. is a basis to how much child support is paid.
5. Education needs of the child. Now this information is part of a question on divorce and child yesterday. So I will continue number 5. with some extra information.....Educational needs for the child is an affect for child support, now I have not found any information for how the child has to be. I do know some states, will have a non custodial parent help, even after a child has graduated from high school and needs help with extra education, which can be college...Now on that being said, I am not sure what the age limit is for Indiana, I am sure asking a lawyer or court in your area, would give that information, you can also get a free consultation, *in most cases* with a lawyer to answer if the father needs to help with future schooling. With that Indiana child support orders can be modified at any time if there is certain changes. Here is a list of a couple changes.
1. Child support can be modified if there has been a substantial change in circumstances, such as a big change in a parents income a child being several years older *which possibly could be the play on college* or a child being switched in custody.
2. Child support orders that were issued 12 months previous to pay child support, but it differs by more then a 20 percent difference in amount.
I hope this helps....if you have any more questions with that, please feel free to ask, I will also continue looking into Indiana's child support information, to see if I can find an age limit for schooling.
As a reminder to all my child support blogs, I always like to open with a reminder that child support is for the care of your child, if you were married or still with the other parent of your child you would be giving part of your income for food, clothing, and shelter for your child, which is child support, unless you are a dead beat parent, which those are out there. Sometimes it gets me when parents think that its some kind of way for another parent to get money for themselves, which in some cases you see child support used like that, but good parents use child support for exactly that. So on that being said I am going to give a little bit of information I have found on Georgia child support, first off we are going to discuss, how much of a percentage comes from your gross income, which is in most cases what child support is based on. Here is a list of how much of your income goes for child support in Georgia.
1. If you have one child for child support the amount is 17-23% of your gross income.
2. If you have two children for child support the amount is 23-28% of your gross income.
3. If you have three children for child support the amount is 25-32% of your gross income.
4 If you have our children for child support the amount is 29-35% of your gross income.
5. If you have five or more children for child support the amount is 31-37% of your gross income.
Now in some cases the child support amount can be adjusted up or down, but that is based on certain factors, so here is a list of factors on child support amounts, being adjusted up or down.
1. The ages of the children can make child support go up or down.
2. IF any of the child needs certain medical needs or health insurance can cause a rise in child support that is needed.
3. Child support may have to pay for educational needs.
4. Child support may have a lowering or a raise in certain custody arrangements on who has the children more,
5. If a parent has other children he is paying child support for.
6. If a parent has any other self employed jobs, can make child support change in amount.
7. If a parent has any extraordinary needs, can make an increase or decrease in child support either way.
8. Child support can help pay for travel expenses either way.
9. Child support may also help pay for the cost of accident and sickness insurance for the children
This is just to name a few things that causes an increase or decrease in how the courts decide the child support amount. I hope this helps people in looking for child support answers.
I always start most of the child support information blogs with a reminder, that child support is for the overall care, health, and happiness of your child. It is for your child's well being. You would be taking care of your child if as parents you were a couple, so it is important to remember that, and not forget that child support is NOT a punishment, it is for your children. The child support courts always try to make child support fair, and they will not put a parents living conditions in jeopardy. Arizona child support can have either parent to pay child support, it is not always awarded to just the mother, many factors are looked at, and child custody and child support are totally separate issues in Arizona. Who pays child support in Arizona is not based on marital misconduct, but there are many factors to who, when, and how much child support will be. So here is a list of factors child support is based on.
1. Child support is for the overall care of your child, daily and basic needs, clothing, shelter.
2. Will child support need to cover any financial resources of the child?
3. What was the standard of living for the child during the marriage.
4. Will child support need to care for any physical and emotional needs of the child.
5. What is each parent paying, what are their financial obligations?
6. If there was any property held during the divorce for concealment or fraudulent purposes? This affects child support and child custody.
7. All expenses for duration and traveling time expenses that child support will need to pay?
Child support is usually set up to be paid through the courts, unless the spouses can come to other agreement, but at anytime there is a problem, child support can be set up to be paid through the court system. Child support can be modified at any time in Arizona if there is any substantial change. It can be from parents income or a change in living arrangements.
In all knowledge, child support is the care for your child, I have said this many times, i think people forget about that in a battle of divorce, child visitation, and child support issues. In most cases people that are ordered to pay child support think it is some kind of punishment, which drives me crazy. They need to think, if the parents were together, they would be taking care of their children, unless we are talking about dead beat fathers or even mothers. Child support is for the health, care and happiness of your child, try to always remember that, but it should be fair to your lifestyle. On that note being said, I like to always remind parents reading child support information that. So in Rhode Island both parents may be ordered to pay a child support, this factor was adopted by the family court, based upon the formula and guidelines for child support, so both parents may be ordered to provide a child support and put it in a separate account to be used just for the children. So how do they choose how child support is paid? Here is the list of some factors in determining, how much and who will pay child support.
1. The financial needs of the children, what is the resources and needs for each child, this is a factor for child support.
2. The financial needs of the custodial parent, what are their bills, needs, and what are they paying already for the children, this is a factor for how much and who pays child support.
3. What was the standard of living for the children before a marriage had ended in divorce, this is a factor also for what parents will be paying in child support.
4. Emotional and physical health of the children, and what is their educational needs, this is also a factor for child support.
5. What the non custodial parent will be paying financially in their cost of living, is also a factor for child support.
6. Any thing that will fall into relevant factors for the amount and who pays child support.
In Rhode Island child support can be paid through a child's 19th birthday, if they are still attending high school, or at least 90 days after a child's graduation. Child support can also continue to be paid until the child's 21st birthday if there is physical and mental impairments, but I feel most parents will keep helping even after child support is up.