Does child support division consider how many children you have?
I am paying child support for my daughter in my previous marriage. I caught my ex wife cheating on me, and filed for divorce. Her being the mother, she got primary custodian of our daughter, and I got standard visitation. I am having to pay child support, which I have NO problem against because I love my daughter, however, I am now remarried, and we are expecting twins. Will they take into consideration the fact of me having two other children and have some kind of deduction for my obligated child support? I live in Alabama.
Well, technically, child support is based on your income. Do you people who think im saying my daughter is worth less, does that mean my twins should have to suffer so all my money goes to my daughter? Come on, Im being serious here, not looking for your stupid mouthy comments.
um…. no u will only have to pay for ur previous daughter not the twins
Is your daughter worth less now that you have more kids? I think child support is based on the cost of raising a child to age 18. If so, that amount isn’t going to change, nor should it, based on how many kids you have.
Only if you decide to divorce your current wife. Then child support will be calculated on how many children you are obligated to support and the number of households they reside in.
Having more children does not diminish your obligation to support them.
Dude, I feel your pain here. My ex-wife did the same thing to me so I divorced her. There was one child involved and I have no problem paying that support. Now it is 3 years later and I am remarried and have 3 kids. Basically I think, if you are the man, you are wrong and CSD people will never side with us. I was pretty much told, hell no, you can’t lower your payment. Good luck.
Having more children in no way affects the amount of support for your daughter. It will stay the same. Having more children and whether or not you could afford them was your decision. No one thinks one child is more important than the others but the fact remains you made the decision to have them while having to support another daughter. The only way you can get a reduction is if your income drops. Sorry I know that is not what you want to hear but that’s the way it is.
These other posters are seriously clueless. The answer isn’t so black and white, it depends on one thing, the modification. Right now you have a child support order and unless you modify it, nothing will change. Here is the factor, if you initiate the modification, you won’t get credit, but if she does, many states will allow you to claim your other children as dependents and that will be factored in. Again, this depends on your state, you need to check the rules for the child support guidelines in your state, which is easy enough to do.