Orange Park Child Support Attorney
Child Support is money paid between parents to provide for the needs of children. This need is calculated using a formula provided by the Florida Statutes. You should consult with an Orange Park Child Support Attorney any time your obligation is calculated.
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Filing Fees - $409 Duval County - slightly more or less in other counties
Service of Process - $30
Updated: September 2, 2011
Child Support Fact #1
The Florida Child Support Guidelines are used by the Courts to determine the amount of child support. Courts rarely deviate from the child support guidelines.
Child Support Fact #2
In general, the only factors considered by the Court when calculating child support are: incomes, medical insurance cost, and day care cost. Mortgage, rent, car payments, gas, clothes, etc. are not considered.
Child Support Fact #3
The Florida Child Support Guidelines allow for a reduction in child support when the paying parent spends more than 72 overnights with the child per year.
How can an Orange Park Child Support Attorney Help Me?
The Florida Child Support Guidelines provide a formula for determining the amount on parent will pay the other as their reasonable share of the cost of food, housing, and medical treatment.
The only factors that are considered by the child support guidelines are: (1) income of both parents, (2) allowable deductions, (3) day care expenses, and (4) children’s medical insurance. Monthly expenses such as mortgage, rent, utilities, food, car payment, insurance and clothing are NOT considered by the guidelines (and therefore, not considered by the judge).
If a parent is not working (or not fully employed), the court may “impute” income to that person. “Impute” means that the court will assign that parent an income for the purposes of calculating child support.
The allowable deductions to income are an important part of the child support calculation. Allowable deductions include: (1) federal, state and local income taxes, (2) child support paid for other children, (3) alimony paid in another case (4) the cost of your own medical insurance, and (5) union dues. Allowable deductions do not include garnishments or retirement plan contributions (unless they are mandatory).
The amount of a child support obligation can be affect by the amount of time a parent spends with a child. Recent revisions to the Florida Statutes allow a reduction in the child support amount when the parent paying child support spends over 20% of the nights with the child.
If you are the parent paying child support or receiving child support, you should have a Orange Park child support attorney assisting you to make sure that the child support calculation are done properly. Please call the office for more information.
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