Many services are provided at no cost Effective October 1, 2011, custodial parents with full-service cases who have never received Temporary Assistance for
Legal advice or counsel • Custody and parenting time assistance Contact your Friend of the Court for additional information
general information and court procedures for other family law matters income, determining how much money is available for child support
The category entitled "number of children due support" in the schedule means children for whom the parents share joint legal responsibility and for whom child
Court-ordered spousal maintenance arrearage payments are not included as an adjustment to Child Support Income; b Federal law currently provides spousal
The judge will make a court order saying how much child support must be paid For more information about getting legal help, see pages 21 to 24 How is child
The court then uses this imputed income to decide how much child support you have to pay Page 3 Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) Child Support • 3
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) puts children first by helping ing paternity refers to the legal identi- How Much Child Support
“exceptional circumstances ” These Guidelines provide assistance in calculating child support using the Child Support Guidelines Worksheet and the Income Table