What's a good guideline for child support amount?

Question

I make $40,000 annually and give my ex $100 a week.She makes $55,000.There is one child and he stays with me about 10 days a month.

Answer 1

well i don't know what state you live in, but in NC your weekly child support would be about $95.00 per week.

try going to the web site for your state and there should be a place where the child support enforcement has a site and you should be able to plot in some basic numbers and get an idea of what you should be paying by the scale set for your state. there are varibles, like daycare and insurance, but there should be places to put those in to give you a real good figure of what you should be paying.

Answer 2

I would say about $175.00 - $200.00 a week. As you know, children are expensive! Because she has the child the majority of the time, she is paying more out of pocket. I'm not sure if she could get a lot out of you in court because she makes more than you do. Sometimes that's not the case though. Courts consider both incomes, where the child's permanent residence is, who has visitation and who has the child most of the time, and other factors like this. Who pays for schooling, the child's health insurance, food, clothes, etc? If you two can come to an agreement without going to court, I would say that is going to be easier for everyone. I worked in a Family Law firm for a few years and you can have your wages garnished for much more money than you are paying now. It's the court who decides how much money you will pay. It will stay that way until your child turns 18 years old.

Answer 3

Given that you have custody of the child for approximately 1/3 of the month, $100/week would seem appropriate. Of course, a family law judge should probably be determining how much you should pay. And may do so NOT based on your actual income but, rather, based on your income potential. There is some interesting and useful information at the site link below.

Or you could just stop and ask yourself how much your child is worth.

Answer 4

The state has a formula that they use that definitely pays more than $100 a week! If I were you, I'd keep up with my payments because if your ex-wife goes to court; she could be awarded 33% of you annual income before taxes.

Answer 5

how old is the child? should go up every year clothes,school,medical,college fund, god forbid an emergency, nothing for nothing $100.00 a week is crap I know it takes both to have a child but the child was not asked to be brought into this world but to raise a child till 18 you are looking at roughly $80,000 if not more hey then college there goes another say $30,000 oh wait little Timmy needs braces $5,000 there should I keep going

Answer 6

Like others have said, the state has a guidline that they have to follow. I know where i live right now they can award up to 55% of your income. But in figuring out the amount that needs to be paid they also take her income into account.

Answer 7

My son has 3 kids 2 with l lady and l with another. he pays 600.00 for the 2 and 270.00 for the l. So the average is around 300.00 per month per child depending on your earnings. He averages around 50,000.00 per year, but that just went up since last year by about l5,000.00.

Answer 8

The amount of child support is determined by how much you make as well as what she makes also it factors in such as who has health insurance on the child. It looks to me that you are paying what the law would say that you would have to pay

Answer 9

That is something that your wife and you should discuss. If the arrangement is good with both of you that you currently have then so be it. I would say you are getting off pretty easy only paying a $100 a week.

Answer 10

Most states have a minimum guideline, suggest you look on line for your state statues in family law. Remember these are guidelines. There are other considerations, like healthcare.