Child Support

Child Support

It is important for you to know that child support is determined using both you and your spouse’s gross income. Visitation time/percentages and certain monthly expenses are taken into consideration in determining the amount of child support awarded.

Such expenses include: monthly child care expenses, mortgage and property payments and other special expenses.

Child support will be awarded for each child that is under 18 years old, or where the child still lives at home and has not yet graduated from high school, child support will be awarded until the child graduates from high school or until he/she turns 19 years old, whichever occurs first.

Keep in mind that sharing custody 50%-50% does not mean that you will not be
responsible for paying child support to the other parent. If there is an income disparity
between the parties, it is likely that the high earner parent will have to pay child support
to the other parent.