Child support?

Question

if my man gets 1400.00 a month and we end up breaking up and i put child support on him around how much would i receive for my 7 month old
and also would i get more as she gets older or less

Answer 1

You can go online to your State's child support enforcement site and use their forms and guidelines to calculate the probable child support amount. You can also request assistance from your local child support enforcement agency at little or no cost to establish and enforce a child support order.

Answer 2

The amount you would get for child support depends on how much he makes and how much you make. There are also a lot of other factors that determine child support, like: custody (who has him more), insurance (who pays for it) and other things. If you get child support yes it will go up after your kid turns 12, because it cost more money raise a child of that age, it's usually an extra 20-40 bucks. But definitely don't count on your ex being the sole support for the two of you. If you check your local court website they should have a child support calculator for you to figure things out on your own and it will give you a better idea.

Answer 3

Many factors go into calculating child support.

1. The parents' incomes
2. The child's needs
3. How much time the child spends with each parent
4. Whether one parent is already paying child support from a previous relationship

Contact an attorney or type something like "child support calculator" into a search engine. There may be a site than can help you according to your state's laws.

Answer 4

First of all, this is not the place for an accurate question like that. You should consult an attorney.

Second, you don't give any information on what state you reside in, the amount of time each would be spending with the child, nor your own income. All of those play into the equation that is used (at least in the states I know of) to decide what the amount of child support would be.

As for the amount increasing over time that is hard to say. Expenses for children can go up or down, income can go up or down and those factors help determine the amount of child support a person has to pay.

Answer 5

Here's a bit of info that may be helpful. Some deadbeat parents never pay a dime of what the court decrees. They don't care about their childrens' welfare. They are in contempt of court, but what good does that do when a person can't be found, so the custodial parent has to figure out how to do it on his/her own. In most states the child can sue the parent when h/she turns 18. If you have a Child Advocacy Organization in your state, they will help you. The parent has to pay the total amount owed to the child, even if H/she has to borrow the money. Otherwise, they go to to jail.

Answer 6

The child support formula is different in each state. It calculates the income of both parents, their education and ability to generate income. It is not ever just based on the absent parents income alone. A piece of advise for you. Never count on child support for income. Your income needs to be your own income. Any thing that comes outside of that is a bonus. As soon as you start counting on it, something happens and poof, it stops and your screwed. God Bless you and your child.

Answer 7

If he is only making $1400 a month, he doesn't even have enough money to support himself and you probably will get nothing or close to it. It is a percentage of wages.

You don't get more as the child gets older.

Answer 8

You need to have a job. Focus on what you can provide for your child, not what everybody else can. Pretend like he's not going to pay a thing and be able to support yourself. He's barely making enough to live himself, let alone support you and your baby. He'll be ordered to pay what the courts decide he's responsible for. Support only changes when you go back to court to modify it based on change in financial situation (he gets a raise, you get a raise, somebody loses their job)

Answer 9

Only the courts can decide that. It does not go by how old your child is either. It goes by how much he makes. As long as your child is in school he will have to pay child support.

Answer 10

Its based on percentage of what he makes... I think in the state of Ky, a woman for one child gets like 200 a month of so... I think thats what my friend is getting for her 16 month old daughter, and the dad makes about 2000 a month.