husbands income does not count and is irrelevant
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In general, child support is a percentage of one's net income - the lower the income, the lower the child support. However, unearned income such as unemployment compensation is also considered available to pay support.
Generally, no. It is based on your income and not your expenses.
No. Child support is mainly based on combined employment income of the 2 biological/adoptive parents. If either income changes higher or lower you can ask for an adjustment of child support.
It costs less to support the first child because you had a second child? The fact that you had another child is not likely to change the court's mind. Having a lower income job, on the other hand, could have an effect. You might contact the Friend of the Court or your attorney for the best ways to approach this.
File a motion for a downward modification in the Family Court and bring all requisite proof of income to Court.
Yes, the non custodial parent will have to file for a change in the child support for it to be lowered. The new child support will be based on the new income.
Not usually. The Court doesn't consider any future obligations you incur in determining your child support. About the only thing that will lower it is a significant reduction in your income, and then you have to go to court and explain the situation.
In general, a change in child support requires a change in income of at least 20%. Keep in mind that child support cannot be modified retroactively, so he still owes the unpaid amount from 2006.
You can file for modification on the basis of a lower income. You cannot file for reduced child support because she is now married, though you could use that as a basis to terminate alimony.
Retirement does not excuse one from paying support; however, the retiree could petition the court to lower the payment based on substantial decrease in income.
Actually, limited time alimony is better to pay than child support. Child support separate from alimony only became common some 40 years ago. Alimony is tax deductible, while child support is not. When calculating child support, alimony is a deductible item from gross earned income on which the calculations are based, thus less child support is ordered. In addition, the alimony adds to the total taxable the other parent, resulting in them taking on a greater obligation in the support of the children. Balancing the benefits of one over the other is something to discuss with a tax accountant. Reducing taxable income, as a result of paying alimony, could bring the obligor into a lower tax bracket. Combining this with the lower child support obligation could actually create an overall savings as compared to just paying child support.