child support - not sure where to ask this

I have a freind that is going through a seperation/divorce... She has two kids. how do they figure out child support?

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NY State has a standard rate- you should be able to google it- I think its 17% of his income for 1 kid, not sure for 2 kids

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When you go to court they look at income from both parents. Which parent has health insurance and provides it for the kids. The percentage to separate medical bills.

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It's a % of the income. I think it may be 25% for 2 kids, maybe more.

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25% for two kids. This would probably be good on stepparents, although I dont think that gets frequented much.

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Message edited 11/23/2011 7:08:23 PM.

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the way the math is done:

mom's income + dad's income = X

X is then divided by proper% (17% for one kid... not sure for two)

if dad makes 75% of X, then he pays 75% of the new figure (it's a round about way of coming to almost the same number... but this is how NYS does it)

after they come up with that number for the base, then the same %age is calculated for "extras"; ie summer camp, baby sitter, after school programs, band.

health insurance is usually to the parent whose expense is smaller (through employer) and the other parent pays his/her share.

hope i didn't confuse anyone, but this is how the child support my son's father pays me has been calculated since day one.



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Message edited 3/27/2009 3:19:25 PM.

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Sorry to hijack but I always wondered this...

Let's say you decide on child support amount.

Later, the ex goes on to have more kids. Do they take into account that the ex is responsible for supporting more children?

Is there an appeal process or you need to go back to court?

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Message edited 11/23/2011 7:09:04 PM.

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Posted by libby2595

the way the math is done:

mom's income + dad's income = X

X is then divided by proper% (17% for one kid... not sure for two)

if dad makes 75% of X, then he pays 75% of the new figure (it's a round about way of coming to almost the same number... but this is how NYS does it)

after they come up with that number for the base, then the same %age is calculated for "extras"; ie summer camp, baby sitter, after school programs, band.

health insurance is usually to the parent whose expense is smaller (through employer) and the other parent pays his/her share.

hope i didn't confuse anyone, but this is how the child support my son's father pays me has been calculated since day one.



eta: or what kevin said

Re: child support - not sure where to ask this

if both mom and dad make 40K and the total is 80K, then you multiply that by the %age, which is 25%

25% of 80K is 20K.

since their incomes are the same, each parent is responsible for 50% of the 20K, or 10K/year. nys does it on a weekly basis, so that's $384.62/week.

then each parent is responsible for 50% of additional stuff: after school, sports, day care, etc

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i hope i did that right, can someone double-check my numbers?

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Message edited 11/23/2011 7:09:25 PM.