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When determining CS, do courts consider only the WH's income, or both the BW and WH if they stay together? Just a question that popped into my head. No where near this situation, yet. I'm not interested in legal action of any type but some of the stuff I've been reading on here is raising my level of concern.
thx
<small>[ February 26, 2005, 07:02 PM: Message edited by: NotToMe ]</small>
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Normally, CS is determined by computing ONLY the biological parents income & % of time each parent has w/ the child.
The 'spouse's' income (if looked @ @ all) is usually considered when a hardship is being claimed for the support of 'other children' in the home. That is how is was in our case/state. (I {BW} was considered capable of supporting our 3 children so we were not given as much 'credit' for our kids as the support OC was to receive)
Each state is different & it is best to check on your own state guidelines.
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thx ktbunch,
that makes me feel a little better. There are no other kids in the picture at all, so there won't have to be any consideration there.
Anyone know of resources to look up state info like that without having to contact a lawyer? I'm really leery of getting any lawyers involved at this stage. Still waiting for H to decide if he wants to work on M or go to OW.
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google your state & look up CS laws, even looking up your specefic county will narrow it down once you are on the state site.
The county website should have links to CS issues.
You can also contact the courts directly & {usually} they can give you resouces to look into.
And of course the local library.
xoxoxoxo
kt
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Don't know if this is normal or not, but my H contacted a "good" lawyer through a referral. He talked to my H for an hour about the situation free of charge. In our state, SC, ONLY the OW and WH is calculated as a "standard of living" for the OC. My income will never be a determinent in any settlement for CS. Also, depending on who files first, me or her, determines a pre-obligation. If I file for D (which I won't be)and CS before she does, her CS would be less, as he has a preexisting obligation to us first. Like he doesn't already?? There is even a CS calculator on-line for our state through DSS. Hope this helps.
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