What You Need to Know About Child Support

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT THE NUMBERS ON DIVORCE 200% INCREASE RISK OF DIVORCE WHEN BOTH SPOUSES COME FROM DIVORCED HOMES 2,157,000 NUMBER OF MARRIAGES IN THE U.S. IN 2008 844,000 RISK OF DIVORCE WHEN ONE SPOUSE COMES FROM A DIVORCED HOME NUMBER OF DIVORCES IN THE U.S, IN 2008 (OF 44 REPORTING STATES AND D.C.) 50% INCREASE PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (1 THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT PAYS CHILD SUPPORT TO THE CUSTODIAL PARENT THE PAYMENT AMOUNTS ARE CALCULATED BASED ON INCOME AND THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT A CHILD NEEDS TO MAINTAIN THE SAME STANDARD OF LIVING. 3 CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS END WHEN THE CHILD IS 18 YEARS OLD OR GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT AMOUNTS ARE REVIEWED EVERY 4 YEARS, OR IF THERE IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN EITHER PARENT'S INCOME. WHAT CHILD SUPPORT COVERS Shelter Clothing Food Routine Health Care WHAT BASIC CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS DO NOT COVER Q EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES •INCLUDING SPORTS & MUSIC VACATION ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES PETS AND PET SUPPLIES ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: FOX AND FOX Attorneys at Law, P.C. www.FOXANDFOXLAWYERS.COM SOURCES: HTTP://WWW.CENSUS.GOV/PROD/2 PUBS/12STATAB/VITSTAT HTTP://ARTICLES.CNN.COM/2010-09-22/LIVING/DIVORCED.PARENTS.CHILDREN. MARRIAGE 1 DIVORCE RATE NICHOLAS WOLFINGER-DIVORCE-COURT?_S=PM:LIVING HTTP://SERVICES.DPW.STATE.PA. US/OIMPOLICYMANUALS/MANUALS/BOP/CA/104/PUB_266.PDF HTTPS://www.HUMANSERVICES. STATE.PA.US/CSWS/CSws_CONTROLLER.ASPX?00TE2XNFTEHU4KW9EP 14GIDUSOGTTYSIUABO4C38DHHHVNSSN7JPEU_A69A155PZDNUYX41JTFEYITM9SZDIZGI64YOUHQ4XPKH8LE G8FTXB3QFYGXI HTTP://WwW.PACODE.COM/SECURE/DATA/231/CHAPTER1910/S1910.16-1.HTML WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT THE NUMBERS ON DIVORCE 200% INCREASE RISK OF DIVORCE WHEN BOTH SPOUSES COME FROM DIVORCED HOMES 2,157,000 NUMBER OF MARRIAGES IN THE U.S. IN 2008 844,000 RISK OF DIVORCE WHEN ONE SPOUSE COMES FROM A DIVORCED HOME NUMBER OF DIVORCES IN THE U.S, IN 2008 (OF 44 REPORTING STATES AND D.C.) 50% INCREASE PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (1 THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT PAYS CHILD SUPPORT TO THE CUSTODIAL PARENT THE PAYMENT AMOUNTS ARE CALCULATED BASED ON INCOME AND THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT A CHILD NEEDS TO MAINTAIN THE SAME STANDARD OF LIVING. 3 CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS END WHEN THE CHILD IS 18 YEARS OLD OR GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT AMOUNTS ARE REVIEWED EVERY 4 YEARS, OR IF THERE IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN EITHER PARENT'S INCOME. WHAT CHILD SUPPORT COVERS Shelter Clothing Food Routine Health Care WHAT BASIC CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS DO NOT COVER Q EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES •INCLUDING SPORTS & MUSIC VACATION ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES PETS AND PET SUPPLIES ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: FOX AND FOX Attorneys at Law, P.C. www.FOXANDFOXLAWYERS.COM SOURCES: HTTP://WWW.CENSUS.GOV/PROD/2 PUBS/12STATAB/VITSTAT HTTP://ARTICLES.CNN.COM/2010-09-22/LIVING/DIVORCED.PARENTS.CHILDREN. MARRIAGE 1 DIVORCE RATE NICHOLAS WOLFINGER-DIVORCE-COURT?_S=PM:LIVING HTTP://SERVICES.DPW.STATE.PA. US/OIMPOLICYMANUALS/MANUALS/BOP/CA/104/PUB_266.PDF HTTPS://www.HUMANSERVICES. STATE.PA.US/CSWS/CSws_CONTROLLER.ASPX?00TE2XNFTEHU4KW9EP 14GIDUSOGTTYSIUABO4C38DHHHVNSSN7JPEU_A69A155PZDNUYX41JTFEYITM9SZDIZGI64YOUHQ4XPKH8LE G8FTXB3QFYGXI HTTP://WwW.PACODE.COM/SECURE/DATA/231/CHAPTER1910/S1910.16-1.HTML