The process of establishing child support payments often causes anxiety for parents going through the divorce process or paternity suits. Most parents want to pay reasonable child support if they do not have primary custody of their children but often worry about the impact of excessive and financially crippling payments. Others who anticipate being awarded primary custody worry they will not be able to support the child at the appropriate level.
The law requires noncustodial parents to pay a reasonable amount of child support to the custodial parent toward the child’s living expenses. Child support, in addition to a monthly or weekly sum, may also include such items as health insurance and payment of medical and dental expenses.
In 2007, the state of Georgia made some sweeping changes to child support laws and adopted a more rigid structure for determining what needs to be paid. The most important changes to the law included the following:
Our child support calculator is a free tool for parents trying to determine how much they might have to pay in child support. For the Basic Child Support Obligation field, use this table to establish your basic child support obligation for the state of Georgia. This number represents the amount of child support required based on number of children and combined monthly household income.
This child custody calculator uses basic information to provide a general idea of what your monthly child support payments may be. To see the most accurate results, make sure you are entering correct and up-to-date income information for both the custodial and non-custodial parent.
The calculated child support payment amount is an estimate based on general information to be used for planning and research purposes. To get an accurate monthly child support payment estimate, enter your email at the bottom of the form to have a child support attorney reach out to you with a personalized payment plan.
Some factors that may warrant variations in child support include, but are not limited to: ages of children, a child's medical costs, educational costs, daycare costs, shared physical custody arrangements including extended visitations, a party's other support obligations to another household, a party’s own medical expenses, and the income of the custodial parent.
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