If you are divorced and pay child support for a child by your ex and you have a child by your new wife, do the child support go by how many kids you have or what? What if you have another child by a different woman? Is the amount based on just the child by the ex?
2007-12-31 11:26:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Go to the web site for Child Support Enforcement for the state that the court order is in.
In Yahoo search or Google search put the state then child support enforcement and it should list the site.
The Child Support Enforcement web site will have a page for calculation. There it will show you what your payments should be.
Each woman that you have a child with you will pay child support for that child or children you have with that woman.
ALWAYS DOCUMENT EVERYTHING and make every payment on time.
***I can not say this enough:***
DOCUMENT ~ DOCUMENT ~ DOCUMENT everything!!!!!
Pay consistantly on time each month or weekly.
DO NOT GIVE CASH.
Always pay by money order or check and keep copies of EVERYTHING YOU HAVE PAID.
***If you pay directly to ex then get a file and keep organized records of every child support payment.***
***Keep receipts of everything you buy your children because EVERYTHING you buy can be applied to your child support arrears***if there is any. Never say it was a gift ~especially if there are arrears.
If there are arrears then the x can file to get income tax refund so don't file jointly with your new spouse unless the tax company you use documents it so the irs does not take your new spouses part of the refund.
In some cases it it better to go through the child support enforcement office to make payments because it holds both sides accountable BUT if you ever get behind on a payment they will become the child support payee's enemy and no matter what your x is doing will not matter cause THEY WANT THE MONEY.
KEEP GOOD RECORDS on visits, children behaviors, phone calls, money, time spent and not spent together & etc.
The states look at child support and visitation as seperate so keep good records on both. You will thank me for this in years to come.
2008-01-01 07:59:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Each state has their own formula for calculating child support. Most base child support payments on the incomes of both the mother and father. To view your state's guidelines go here and click on your state:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/extinf.html
Most states have calculators or worksheets that can help you calculate the amount you can expect to pay/receive.
It does not matter how many children you have... the child support amount (for your first child) is not affected by how many children you have after your first one.
2008-01-02 15:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by junebug 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortunately you child from your first marriage comes first. My husband has a child from someone else and now we have started a family and he still has to pay $700 a month and she reviews him ever 3 years for more money. What really gets me is that had he not put himself through college and grad school she would never get the money she gets and the child support agency does not take into consideration his student loan repayment of $173 a month.
2008-01-02 18:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by momof1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should the first child stop eating because the father is too stupid to learn how to operate a condom?
2014-09-11 06:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by Liz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount is based on what you earn. Not on how many kids you have.
I had a coworker who got caught in an affair with his supervisor when she got pregnant and sued for child support. His wife left him and sued for child support for their 4 kids, alimony for herself and the house. She got everything she asked for and the other judge awarded his former lover money for the love child. His complaint was that he had to pay out all this other money and the judge told him "too bad, you should have thought of that before you screwed around". The man had to get a second job to take care of his living expenses.
2007-12-31 19:52:06 · answer #5 · answered by Invisigoth 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Each child is based on his/her mother and father only. If you remarry and have another that child does not influence the support paid on the first child from a previous marriage. Each child is his/her own seperate case unless there are multiple children with the same mom and dad. Also your new spouses income,if any, does not apply to your child support so the amount wont change. Now if you inherit a huge amount of money then that would change your support amount
2007-12-31 19:34:46 · answer #6 · answered by Arthur W 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The amount of child support changes as your life circumstances change. If you were required to pay 300 a month, and the child with your ex was your only one at the time, and you have another child with another woman you can now petition the courts for a change because you now have 2 kids to support not just the one. Remember, though, that if you are at a job where you are making more money than you were when the order was first put in the support can actually go up and not down. Weigh your options carefully and remember that the support that you pay is for your child's welfare not that of your ex.
2007-12-31 19:33:44 · answer #7 · answered by firemouse23 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
IT should be based on your income..not on how many kids you have...just because you have more kids, doesn' t mean your responsibility for the 1st child goes down. It means now you have MORE to be responsible for. If you are having trouble making the payments, you should have your lawyer and a judge take another look at your expenses...and perhaps your support can be reconfigured.
Good Luck
2007-12-31 19:33:12 · answer #8 · answered by naenae42day 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, your children in a current marriage have no bearing on the amount of child support you pay to your ex.
2007-12-31 19:33:04 · answer #9 · answered by allrightythen 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no the child thats on support is there main concern
2007-12-31 19:32:18 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋