Whether they lived together or not, were married or not, it makes no difference. If they are not living together and both supporting the child together, as a family, the court will order child support to be paid according to the child support guidelines to the parent who has the child 40% of the time, or more. If the child spends at least 40% of the time with both parents, separately in their separate homes, then child support would be calculated differently, but the parent earning the higher income would still be responsible in paying a certain amount to the other parent.
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