Child Support before Divorce

Divorce is quite a lengthy procedure and it can take months to come on a final decision. However if there are any children involved in divorce , the parent who is taking care of the child needs to get paid a certain amount in child support before divorce. When the spouses are not able to come on a common agreement on the amount of money to be paid, court gives a temporary child support order . This order stays applicable till the finalization of divorce and post divorce settlements are completed.

This temporary child support order is given by the court to cater the needs of the child till the entire duration of the divorce procedure. The cost involved in the child support are education cost, medical care, clothing, housing and food. Every state in United States grants the permission to seek the benefits of this support. It is one of the most litigious aspect of divorce process. All the financial issues can get resolved by the final order of court but this child support and the issues related to go on for years after divorce. In order to get child support one is required to complete some paper work and present them in court. Once the paper work is done, the custodial parent can claim for the child support. Each state in US have their own law regarding the amount of money that need to be paid.

Given below are the common factors taken into consideration while taking the decision of child support:

• All the expenses of the child.
  
• Which parent has the custody of the child.
  
• Number of children their respective age
  
• income and the assets of the parents 
  

Any non payment of child support can lead to contempt of the court and you can get sentenced for this.

You can get here more information about child support divorce and divorce papers.


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