Child Support in many cases is a stressful issue. Who actually wants the State a Third-Party to Baby-sit their children issues. This definitely does not seem right. However, you have many women that for whatever the reason are raising their children alone. The reasons vary from the parents (mother and father) not getting along and now the father is not there in the house, to abuse issues, to drug issues, etc. Though the mothers are normally left to raise the children alone, this can be really hard for the mother. However there are many situations that the father wants to be there to raise the children but the mother don't want him around if he's not with her, or vice-versa. At the end of the day, the children suffers and then eventually, there is a petition filed with the Attorney Generals Office, the Child Support Division, Family Title IV-D Program.
For Instance, in Texas, a person who is obligated to pay child support is called the “obligor,” and the person entitled to receive child support is called the “obligee.” The obligee is almost always the person who has primary possession of the child, meaning the person with whom the child lives with, incurs most of the living expenses, and has primary possession of the child.
The obligor is almost always the person who does not have primary possession of the children, and may or may not have possession and/or access to the children.
Child support laws in Texas provide that the court “may order either or both parents to support a child” until either the child turns 18 or graduates from high school (the later of the two), the child emancipates by marriage, the disabilities of the child are removed, or the child dies.
However, as further discussed below, if the child is deemed to be disabled by the court (physically or mentally), then the child may receive support indefinitely.
When calculating child support, the court will apply child support guidelines, which, are law based and are often referred to as “Guidelines.” Guidelines set a basic minimum amount of child support, and the court can deviate from them after consideration of numerous factors (the deviation factors are discussed further below). The Guidelines are “presumed to be reasonable and an order of support conforming to the guidelines is presumed to be in the best interest of the child.”
Each state has its own child support guidelines that will provide an estimated amount of your monthly child support.
Child support payments are calculated based on percentages of monthly income, so the average amount will differ depending on the income of the parent making child support payments. For example a parent making $3,000 a month would pay approximately $600 per month while a parent making $6,000 a month would pay $1,200 per month in child support.
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