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How much child support will I have to pay?

How much child support will I have to pay?  That depends on many factors but I will use the typical post divorce situation as an example to illustrate. A couple with two children gets divorced.  The mother gets primary physical custody of both children and the father gets visitation every other weekend visitation.

In such a scenario the father will pay the mother child support but how much?  The amount will be based on the child support calculator.  Both parties income will be put into the calculator which is basically a excel spreadsheet.  While the parties income will be the primary basis used to determine child support other factors are considered.  For example, the party who provided the children’s health insurance will get credit and have their child support increased or decreased based on the amount they have to pay to have the children covered on their health insurance policy.

That basically is how child support is calculated but of course it can be very much more completed than that based on the facts of your case.  For a rough estimate of how much child support you might have to pay check out the following link: http://dcss.dhs.georgia.gov/child-support-guidelines

Posted on: 26 Feb, 2015          under: Family Law

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