what should i pay for child support i have 3 kids i make 3000.00 a month she makes 1600?

Question

i pay her 600.00 month now, i was just woundering if that was good.

that is what we decided i should pay. i whould love to raise my kids but i work 12 hr days.

i am not a deadbeat dad. i love my kids to no end. they are my life.

yes i have spend 12 hrs w/my kids. i love being w/them i would do anything for my kids. i need to live to i pay 500 in rent 500 for a car that dont leave a lot for anything else i need to live on

Answer 1

Don't really need a $500 a month car payment do you?
Your kids are more important!

Answer 2

Doesn't sound like people were reading what your saying. If your not sure about the amount you should be paying contact a lawyer in your state. It depends on what you earn and what she earns. There should be a web site for your state that shows the percentages. You don't pay an equal high amount for each child, you may pay $130 a week for one, but only pay $200 a week for two then $250 a week for three. It all depends on your state. $600 a month for three seems low compared to what I pay $130 a week for one and the judge told me I needed to get a good job and not try to live off my military retirement. So he figured what I should be making and added that to my retirement to come up with what I should to pay But that is a whole other story.

Answer 3

I hate to tell you this, but the people who enforce child support could care less what you need to live on. I would say that 600/mo for three kids is dirt cheap and if she has not taken you to court yet for more then you are lucky or she is stupid.

Answer 4

Humm, not sure. But why worry about this, they are YOUR kids too.

>Wonders to self why it is when a father leaves the home, their children automatically become the mothers place to raise them?<

You can probably figure 25-35% of your income...a month.

Answer 5

let me be blunt here...because they are your KIDS!!!
If you do not want to pay why did you play?
It does not matter how much you make, your kides still have needs just like you, so do like the rest of us familys, do without so the kids can live, be warm, and have a place to live.
It takes a lot of money to run a house now day you know.

Answer 6

sounds like you love your JOB more then you kids... ever spend 12 hrs with your kids in one day? yea $600 sounds like a good price to pay to be rid of your kids...

Answer 7

hmmmmm, 3 kids, 3000 a month, you should pay at least 1500 a month, 500 per kid, at least thats what i would figure on it

Answer 8

Nah man...that's a common misconception that kids need things like food and clothes and attention.

Answer 9

Here are the CS Calculators; most states today go by both parents incomes.

also, single parents cant afford car payments, get rid of it, it'll help.

just click on your state and fill it in. also, the other links... just click on your state and find the section / subject you need.

CHILD SUPPORT CALCULATORS
http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/calculators.htm
http://www.alllaw.com/calculators/childsupport/
http://www.helpyourselfdivorce.com/child-support-calculators.html

CHILD SUPPORT LAWS
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/fam11.htm

LAWS
http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/states.htm
http://www.divorcehq.com/spprtgroups.html
http://www.divorceinfo.com/statebystate.htm
http://www.divorcenet.com/states
http://www.divorcesource.com/
http://www.divorcesource.com/info/deadbeat/deadbeat.shtml
http://www.divorcecentral.com/
http://family.findlaw.com/
http://family.findlaw.com/child-support/unpaid-support/support-orders-enforcement.html
http://www.divorcehq.com/deadbeat.html
http://www.divorceinfo.com/
http://www.divorceinanutshell.com/
http://www.lawchek.com/Library1/_books/domestic/qanda/childsupp.htm
http://family.findlaw.com/child-support/support-laws/state-child-/
http://www.supportguidelines.com/resources.html
http://www.supportguidelines.com/links.html
http://www.supportguidelines.com/laypersons.html
http://www.supportguidelines.com/articles/news.html
http://family.findlaw.com/child-support/support-basics/
http://www.spiesonline.net/deadbeat.shtml
http://www.childsupport-aces.org/index2.html



TAX INFO
http://www.taxsites.com/index.htm
http://www.divorceinfo.com/taxes.htm
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc354.html
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc422.html
http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq4-5.html
http://www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html
http://www.irs.gov/advocate/index.html
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p525/index.html

http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/offsets_childsupport.html
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p504/ar02.html#d0e563
http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/14/pf/taxes/do_not_miss_tax_breaks/index.htm?postversion=2007021411

SEX OFFENDERS
http://www.mapsexoffenders.com/
http://www.scanusa.com/
http://www.nsopr.gov/
http://www.familywatchdog.us/Default.asp

Answer 10

the judge will tell you in court, but for her to take papers out on you shows that you werent providing for your children in the first place....