First, the court must determine who is the custodial parent, or the parent that has custody more often than the other. Then the court will consider how many other children and other obligations each parent has. The court will determine if the non-custodial parent (who has the child less often) pays health insurance, private school, daycare, or other necessities for the child. These contributions will knock off some of the money owed for child support.
After these factors are considered the court will look at each parents' income in correlation to the amount of time they keep the child. To do a rough check for how much you can expect to pay or get in child support, calculate how much you earn and how much the other parent earns. Then check the NC Child Support Guidelines to determine how much NC believes it costs to raise a child with this income. You may also access the NC Child Support Worksheets to calculate different scenarios for child support based on your income and other obligations.
For example, if you are the custodial parent (we'll call her Mom simply because this is what is seen a majority of cases) and earn $1,000 each month and the non-custodial parent (Dad) earns $2,000 each month, together you both earn $3,000.00 each month. NC has determined that based on an income of this amount, $523.00 should be contributed to the child each month. This amount will be split between the parents based on each parents share of the total amount they earn together.
Here, Mom earns 1/3 of the total $3,000.00 and Dad earns 2/3 of the total. Because Mom is paid the child support based on this percentage, she will be paid 2/3 of the $523.00 it takes to raise the child. So, this Mom can expect a child support payment in the amount of $348.67.
If you have more questions about how and when to file for child support, give me a call at (919)321-6569. You may also email me at nastasia@kisalawatkins.com.
For example, if you are the custodial parent (we'll call her Mom simply because this is what is seen a majority of cases) and earn $1,000 each month and the non-custodial parent (Dad) earns $2,000 each month, together you both earn $3,000.00 each month. NC has determined that based on an income of this amount, $523.00 should be contributed to the child each month. This amount will be split between the parents based on each parents share of the total amount they earn together.
Here, Mom earns 1/3 of the total $3,000.00 and Dad earns 2/3 of the total. Because Mom is paid the child support based on this percentage, she will be paid 2/3 of the $523.00 it takes to raise the child. So, this Mom can expect a child support payment in the amount of $348.67.
If you have more questions about how and when to file for child support, give me a call at (919)321-6569. You may also email me at nastasia@kisalawatkins.com.
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