child support?

Question

please don't answer if you don't know what youre talkin about. and no advice like-go see a lawyer. i don't want to see a lawyer or have my husband know i am even wondering this.

how much is reasonable child support for child living in MT? the father makes under 30k. mom is employed fulltime.
i know that they just came up with a number on their own without lawyer or court opinion.
so, just let me know what is a reasonable range if you have experience in this area. thanks!

i'm sorry. here's a few more details
child is 6. kid lives with mom, not us. my husband is the one paying-he makes just under 30k.
kid is in school, is in daycare for about 3 hours a day on weekdays.

Answer 1

well i tell you my situation and you will get a good idea when i went to court last december i was ordered to pay 780 a month my son was 4 going to ft daycare at a rate of 600 a month i was making approx 50,000 a year in the state of pa the child's basic support pertentage is 20% but if the child is in daycare they add those figures on based upon the custodian parents wages since his mom made less than me around 30,000 a year i was responsible for about 58% of his expenses to get a more accurate figure if you can find out her wages that would give you a better idea . sum advice if you work dont divulge that info to the mother or the courts they will take a percentage of your family income which is crazy. in my onpnion when i was making under 30,000 i was ordered to pay 350 a month without daycare expense any more questions go ahead and email me

Answer 2

I really think that people should be "friendly" and that things are best "worked out" that way.... I mean does the "father" have an active life-role in the child's life? I mean if he does not well maybe that would factor in to this equation to some degree... I mean it sounds like you are the new wife of the father who was with the other woman... I mean does SHE(the previous wife) plan on getting a "new man" I mean well this is an odd issue and it's strange to think about this ~ placing a dollar sign in between the child and a situation... but you have to "balance the beans" sometimes and maybe when the child GROWS up the child will understand that people care and that yes the father and the mother and the new wife are all thinking about what is right in the light-life of THE BIG PICTURE.... well I think we need to ask ~ what does the child NEED? AS a parent it is nice to be able to provide obviously the basics such as food clothing and shelter for a child but hey every now and then the child may like to go out to a ball game, or well the child may want TOYS or a new soccer ball... or what have you.... Over all I hope that people who "separate/divorce" can just work it out and BE FRIENDS with each other... I mean even if it is just like the movie WAR of THE WORLDS ~ where you see when the mother and father drop the kids off at the X-husbands... they may have had some tensions but they still had a "repore"((I do not know how this word is spelled for the conotation I am implying, forgive me))

Answer 3

I believe the main criteria is the Mother and Father's income as opposed to where the child lives. It's important for the child to be able to maintain (money wise), the type of lifestyle they have grown accustomed to. The courts will look at the combined income of both parents.. less expenses.. to determine the amount to be payed each month. This total is then split percentage wise between both parents, based on their individual incomes after expenses.

Custody of the child has a big effect on this percentage. If Mother and Father have equal custody rights, the percentage will adhere fairly close to their income amounts. If one parent has more custody than the other... then the other's percentage will increase to reflect this.

My daughter's Mom and I split-up about 12 years ago. I was making roughly $40,000 a year, and had a child support payment of about $370 a month. Today I'd be paying about $450 a month, based on that same income.

Good Luck.. and I hope this helps you make your decision. It's not an easy one, but it should be one that is based on the (future)well-being of the child... and both parents.

Tooler

Answer 4

In my state, and I had assumed that it was a nationwide policy that the non-custodial parent pay 28 percent of their gross income in support. They are also responsible for providing medical insurance if it is available thru his or her employer, and paying half the dentist bills.During weeks the non-custodial parent has extended visitations, such as summer and spring break, that parent will only be required to pay half that amount. They do not in fact 'come up with a number'. They have a chart. The attorneys and judges all follow the same chart. It's 28% of gross, in my state, but, as our constitution allows, staes have different laws and regulations. Bonuses are also considered income and factored in. So, you want numbers? 28 percent of 30K a year is 700 a month. Now, when a parent faces having to fork over that kind of cash, he ore she will look for some way to call the other parent unfit and get full custody themselves, thereby avoiding paying support altogether. Many times they get away with it too. Supplying evidence to even SUGGEST that the other parent is unfit (and having more money than the other parent for a good lawyer) will allow for a judge to order 'joint custody', also allowing the parent to avoid child support. Its a nasty mess. Also keep in mind that th eabsent parent will be missed by th echild and children at age ten (or less) can CHOOSE where they want to live and kids from broken marriages ALWAYS choose to go live with the absent parent. Be ready for that to happen in a few years. The best thing is to only have children with people you plan on having a healthy relationship with and stay married to as long as you both shall live. Woah, hey, I found a site that has a child support calculator for Montana child support: http://www.alllaw.com/calculators/Childsupport/montana/ and IT says a person who grosses 2500 a month will pay 457 bucks a month. So, I was wrong, hope I helped in some small way. Hey do you live near David Letterman? Now THAT man pays some freaking child support!

Answer 5

I worked for Child Support for 3 and a half years and it all goes by his income, your income, the child's age, state u live in, who is the bread winner, if he is-he can file your child on his taxes each year until further notice-or u can have opposite years, also he can use receipts that he has spent money on the child and that will be honored, u can asked for a modification (increase) as he or she gets older because more money is spent on older children, the father gets rights to have visitation when he pays child support, you will equally share holidays and summers, but u r entilted to a percentage and it is based on all the above and possibly more, there is no number amount only when a woman receives welfare........and that is $50.00 a month no matter how much the father pays. I hope this helps....Goodluck!!!!!

U may share in daycare expenses.... and your household expenses does matter as well as other children's support if u two share any children together.....

Answer 6

You apparently are the wife of a man who has a child and is being made to be responsible for it.

I don't know the answer, because what you do need is legal advice and you don't want that, so the best I can suggest is that you ask your husband what his child is worth and pay that.

You know you could always sue for custody and not have to worry about child support.

Answer 7

Hmm, I don't know about MT. But I live in Texas and my husband pays 836 a month for 3 children.. Now in Arkansas my brother pays 471 on 3 children and he makes around the same as my husband.
I found this, maybe it will answer your question.
http://www.divorcehq.com/calculators/mt_supportcalc.shtml

Answer 8

Here in Canada most of the time it goes with the fathers paycheck. So they take one weeks pay from the father for child support. I should know, have been divorced for 10yrs now and he better pay the child support. So whatever he makes, one weeks pay will be taken for child support.

Answer 9

Child support is usually based on around 30% of the persons income.

Answer 10

You don't seem to understand HOW this works! If you don't want to retain an attorney, then I guess you are stuck with whatever figure "they" came up with. Instead of demanding of us that we not answer you if we "don't know what we're "talkin" about, and you don't want to see a lawyer, suffer in silence, dear and take whatever is given in child support. I can see why you are having problems.