Child Support Laws

Child Support is a financial support from a spouse without full custody of a child/children to the spouse with custody in the process of a child custody dispute in a divorce. Child support payments are to ensure the custodial parent has the financial means to provide for the child in the same manner as if both parent's income were available. Courts justify an amount for the payment based on the salary of the paying parent among other factors. The laws that govern these support payments are strict so that the child has the best opportunity for development and well being. A non-paying parent ordered to pay child support can be put in jail if the payments are not made as according to the court order.

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