In family law, child support is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child following the end of a relationship. Child support is generally ordered by a court of law.
Child support is an amount allocated that one parent pays to the other parent to help support the child, to help any daily needs of the child, clothes, food, housing.
It’s just to help support since there are no longer two incomes in the home.
Child support is based on the best interest of the child and to provide for the child’s needs and the day to day necessities that the child needs.
When a parent does not meet the obligation to make the Child Support payments, they face serious consequences including jail time.
Any party paying child support can seek a modification of that child support in Florida. You just need court approval.
Florida has a child support guidelines worksheet, and it’s basically a formula where you put in numbers and it calculates the amount of child support.
In the United States alone, over 39 million people pay child support annually.
Annually, over $250 Billion dollars in child support are exchanged in the United States.
The goal is to make sure that parents equally share the responsibility of the financial burdens for their child(ren).
It is possible for children over 18 years of age that are still in high school to continue receiving child support.
Children who are disabled and unable to ever support themselves may also continue to receive child support after age 18.
Parents can take action to collect unpaid child support even after a child is grown and independent.
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