Understanding Child Support Calculation
Do you have questions about child support calculation? My name is Carl Birkhead. I’m an attorney with Wirth Law Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I want to help you make law easy by taking a couple of minutes to just explain how child support is calculated and what factors go into it.
Child support is a huge part of every custody case that I have, whether it’s a divorce or a custody case where marriage wasn’t involved. Eventually and inevitably, someone wants to see what the dollars and cents look like. There are a few factors that go into child support. The big one is what’s your monthly income.
Factors Affecting Child Support Calculation
The way the law is written is they want to see what your gross monthly income is, your income before taxes. If it’s going to take your income, it’s going to take your co-parent’s income, your ex-partner, however, you want to describe it, or the other side’s income information. There’s just an Excel spreadsheet that we plug these numbers into.
The most common things that affect a child support calculation are monthly income before tax, other kids in the home, the number of nights the children stay in one home or the other, health insurance premiums, daycare costs, and state assistance benefits.
Take the First Step
If you have questions about your child support calculation or you’re thinking that you might want to take out a child support case, please give us a call at 918-879-1681. My name is Carl Birkhead, and I want to help you to make law easy. Thank you.
