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San Bernardino & Riverside Child Support Lawyer
Child Support Attorney And Lawyer in Riverside, San Bernardino and Hemet
All of the courts in Riverside, San Bernardino and Hemet have a statewide formula (called a "guideline") for figuring out how much child support will be required from the bread-winning spouse. If parents are not able to agree on how much child support will be, the judge will decide the amount using the guideline calculation.
The judge considers the guideline calculation which includes:
- The amount of money the parents earn or are able to earn,
- The amount of other income each parent receives,
- Health insurance expenses,
- Mandatory union dues,
- Mandatory retirement contributions,
- The number of children these parents have together,
- The amount of time each parent spends has with the children,
- The tax filing status of each parent with regard to the children,
- Support of, and the number of children from other relationships, and
- The cost of sharing daycare and uninsured health-care costs.
Child support can also include unusual costs such as travel expenses for visitation, educational expenses, and other special needs.
Court-ordered child support usually ends when the child either marries, dies, is emancipated, turns 18 and is not a full-time high school student, or turns 19, whichever occurs first.
Parents may informally agree to support a child longer, absent a court order. However, the court may also order that both parents continue to support a disabled adult child that is unable to do so.
If there is no public assistance being received, child support is available from the day that the case is filed. To get support from the filing date, the other parent must be served within 3 months after the case filed. The judge has latitude and may also award child support starting from the date of the hearing on child support, or the date the other parent was served, or another date depending on the facts of each case.
Contact us about your Child Custody matter today.
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