My brother is "new" to all this separation/divorce and has retained a lawyer. I'm trying to figure out how this lawyer is coming up with a CS amount.
My brother makes $80,000/yr & his ex makes $40,000/yr
2 children of the marriage (teens)
The boy is going to reside with my brother & the mom have access (no more than 40% of the time)
The girl is going to do a 50/50 split and alternate weeks.
Going by the above scenario, the way "I" calculated it was that his ex would actually owe him $15/mo in CS. However his lawyer is saying that he's going to owe her $118/mo. My brother asked him how he was coming up with that figure & lawyer replied it's a program they use at the office?
Here's how I calculated it:
For boy ... ex would owe my brother $367.00/mo (based on her $40,000/yr income)
For the girl it would be an "offset" method. My brother's share would be $719.00/mo & ex's share $367.00/mo ... so $719-$367 = $352.00/mo that my brother would owe his ex
So she would owe him $367 and he would owe her $352 therefore technically his ex would owe HIM $15.00/mo in CS
Am I off base here or is his lawyer?
My brother makes $80,000/yr & his ex makes $40,000/yr
2 children of the marriage (teens)
The boy is going to reside with my brother & the mom have access (no more than 40% of the time)
The girl is going to do a 50/50 split and alternate weeks.
Going by the above scenario, the way "I" calculated it was that his ex would actually owe him $15/mo in CS. However his lawyer is saying that he's going to owe her $118/mo. My brother asked him how he was coming up with that figure & lawyer replied it's a program they use at the office?
Here's how I calculated it:
For boy ... ex would owe my brother $367.00/mo (based on her $40,000/yr income)
For the girl it would be an "offset" method. My brother's share would be $719.00/mo & ex's share $367.00/mo ... so $719-$367 = $352.00/mo that my brother would owe his ex
So she would owe him $367 and he would owe her $352 therefore technically his ex would owe HIM $15.00/mo in CS
Am I off base here or is his lawyer?
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