child support issue?

Question

Ive been married for 10 almost 11 years and my husband and i have 3 children together. Im wondering if anyone knows what i will be entitled too with alimony and child support and that sort of thing when we go through this process?

Answer 1

i guarantee you it will be more than you deserve

Answer 2

1 thing to add. In Virginia, the child support can be set-up so the payment MUST be made to the court which then sends the money to the parent having custody of the children. I would strongly recommend this - if your state has it.

Things may start off okay, but over time the payment of child support can become a constant fight between the 2 sides. And the payor may be slow in making the payments. Not far enough behind for you to pay court costs to take them back to court, but slow enough that they are 3-6 months behind.

I have seen 3 cases, where after the divorce the husband starts being slow in making the child support payments. Maybe the husbands cannot afford it. But maybe they enjoy making the wife call up and beg for the money or doing without "their" (the husband's) money.

If it is set-up to go directly to the court, then - 1 missed payment or 1 late payment - and they can be brought back into court by the jurisdiction to explain - WHY?

And if the payor is a state or local government employee, not only can the late child support be withheld from their pay - they will no longer get travel advances or tuition reimbursement - until they get caught up on their child support payments.

Answer 3

Every state has different laws.If your thinking of divorce you will need a lawyer anyway,they will advise you of all you are entitled to. It all depends too on the reason for separation and divorce.Lets say you don't work,your a house wife and he just doesn't want to be married anymore or has a girl friend,then you will probably get alimony plus a % of his income based on your 3 children also you will live in the home if you chose to and he will have to move out.Best to talk with you a lawyer.

Answer 4

Hi There, I would first look up the laws for your state. I am in Illinois here the 1st child recieves 20%. If you 2 children with the same father its then 28%, 3 might be 30-35%. Plus you have been married long. You might also recieve spousal support. Good luck. Elena

Answer 5

Depending on the state, they wil combine both incomes, or who ever is working and come up with a percentage wage scale and get once they established that, child support will be based on those results. Now, many states do not grant alimony support??? So look into it?? Good Luck...............

Answer 6

Every state has their own formula for figuring out these amounts but it is based on who is the family bread winner and how much the spouse contributed to the family income. A local attorney or paralegal can tell you the figures and about visitation rights that will be involved. Good luck and sorry I can answer your question exactly

Answer 7

You are going to hate the answer just like I did............It goes state by state basically with the percents and all.......You can but in your search "Child support laws" and then whatever your state is beside that and it may tell you your percents. I know in ga they go by income and take a certain percent of his check......But to go ahead and foreworn you I am entitled to 205.00 a month and haven't seen it in three years.............We finally went to court and my ex told the judge he hadn't had enough notice of the court date and the judge rescheduled for 3 monthes from now.........So good luck!

Answer 8

'bout had enough huh? yeah, some of us reach that point.

in any case, every state is different (slightly) with these matters;

allimony is usually based on half of the years together (provided you get a good attorney). the amount is debated back and forth between attorneys... if there is a set amount, look on the link below to find out.

if you cant afford an attorney, contact your local Legal Aid Office. every state has them, and are in most counties. they go on a sliding scale so its free to most. look in your phone book, call your county court clerks office or your states Bar Assoc for the number.

child support is based on this; here is a CS calculator; just click on your state and fill it in. this will give you a basic idea of what will be paid.

the rest of these links are for you; just click on your state and find the section you want.


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http://www.deadbeatjustice.com/list.htm

http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/
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http://www.helpyourselfdivorce.com/child-support-calculators.html
http://www.divorcehq.com/deadbeat.html
http://www.lawchek.com/Library1/_books/domestic/qanda/childsupp.htm
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http://www.supportkids.com/

http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc422.html
http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq4-5.html
http://www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/collectchildsupport

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