{"id":215,"date":"2017-08-18T17:33:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.wordpress.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2018-09-28T13:19:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T13:19:00","slug":"familyfriday-how-is-child-support-calculated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/familyfriday-how-is-child-support-calculated\/","title":{"rendered":"#FamilyFriday \u2013 How is Child Support Calculated?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this week\u2019s #FamilyFriday article, the attorneys’ at ERA Law Group, LLC want to explain exactly how child support<\/a> is calculated.\u00a0 Frequently parents are confused by the child support calculation when considering their other bills and obligations.\u00a0 What many don\u2019t realize is that in nearly all scenarios the amount of child support ordered is determined by a calculator and factors such as \u201cI have student loans\u201d or \u201cI have rent to pay\u201d don\u2019t necessarily matter.<\/p>\n

Maryland uses a Child Support Guideline formula\u00a0to\u00a0calculate child support.\u00a0 Both parents\u00a0are required\u00a0to complete a Financial Statement which outlines the various components of that formula.\u00a0 First, the parents\u00a0identify\u00a0their\u00a0actual\u00a0monthly income.\u00a0 This would include salary, Social Security benefits, alimony<\/a>, etc.\u00a0 Second, the parents then\u00a0identify\u00a0earlier\u00a0child support or alimony obligations \u2013 per Court Order \u2013 which will\u00a0reduce\u00a0their\u00a0actual\u00a0monthly income.\u00a0 This\u00a0is called\u00a0their adjusted monthly income.\u00a0 Third, if there are any work related child care expenses, health insurance expenses, or extraordinary medical expenses such as braces, those will also be identified by both parents.<\/p>\n

Once both parties\u2019 have identified the above, the formula then predicts what percentage of the parents\u00a0combined\u00a0income would\u00a0have been attributed\u00a0to the child(ren) had they continued living together.\u00a0 This number is then used to\u00a0determine\u00a0the \u201cbasic child support obligation.\u201d \u00a0The\u00a0additional\u00a0factors such as work-related child care<\/a> and health insurance\u00a0are incorporated\u00a0to\u00a0determine\u00a0the \u201ctotal child support obligation\u201d that the non-custodial parent would be responsible for paying to the custodial parent.\u00a0 Some exceptions exist,\u00a0such as, if a parent receives Social Security Income, food stamps, or transitional services which would not be considered\u00a0actual\u00a0monthly income.<\/p>\n

If you or a loved one need help obtaining child support for your children, call ERA Law Group today at (410) 919-1790 or visit our website at www.eralawgroup.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frequently parents are confused by the child support calculation when considering their other bills and obligations.\u00a0 What many don\u2019t realize is that in nearly all scenarios the amount of child support ordered is determined by a calculator and factors such as \u201cI have student loans\u201d or \u201cI have rent to pay\u201d don\u2019t necessarily matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424,413],"tags":[75,136,10,137,138,36,139,53,12,140,105,38,55,41,141,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-child-support","8":"category-family-law","9":"tag-attorneys","10":"tag-child-care","11":"tag-child-support","12":"tag-child-support-factors","13":"tag-child-support-guidelines","14":"tag-children","15":"tag-custodial-parent","16":"tag-family","17":"tag-family-law","18":"tag-health-insurance","19":"tag-income","20":"tag-law","21":"tag-lawyers","22":"tag-parents","23":"tag-shared-custody","24":"tag-support","25":"entry"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":935,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}