50-50 custody ... Am I intitled to child support

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MommaNix

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I separated with my ex husband approx four years ago, and we share our 4 and 7 year old girls 50/50 ... our schedule is 5 days on 5 days off then 2 days on and 2 days off then back to 5 again. I am just curious if I am intitled to any amount of child support. My ex owns a few businesses and claims he makes as much or should I say as little as I do ... I have NEVER asked for a dime ... as he always led me to believe I wasnt intitled to it ... however now people are telling me I am .... a friend of mine told me about this forum so I decided I would give it a try.... can someone lead me in the right direction....


Thank you
 
First thing: stop getting your advice and information from your ex - why count on him to have YOUR best interest in mind?

Second: You NEED to get financial disclosure. Then you'll know if one or both of you should be paying child support in any amount, and exactly how much.
 
See here for a step-by-step method to figure it out ..
The Federal Child Support Guidelines: Step-by-Step

Basically, for 50-50 parenting, the higher earner would pay some CS to the lower earner. The wider the income gap, the larger the amount. BUT ... this assumes that both parents contribute equally to other expenses e.g. clothing/school expenses/equipment.

Incomes of new spouses are not relevant.

Daycare and major medical/dental/vision expenses (including health/dental plan premiums) are separate from this and should be split proportionally to your incomes. These are referred to as Section 7 (or Extraordinary Expenses).

Does it seem to you that he is living at a much higher income than you?
 
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dinkyface said:
Daycare and major medical/dental/vision expenses (including health/dental plan premiums) are separate from this and should be split proportionally to your incomes. These are referred to as Section 7 (or Extraordinary Expenses).
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Just to clarify, the expenses should be *after* both parents supplemental insurance is leveraged for the clinical encounters (dentist, etc...). Also, if the parents have a "health wallet" the funds from those insurance provided accounts should be exhausted for the children as well prior to any of this becoming an s.7 expense.

It is amazing to see how many parents attempt to defraud the other parent by claiming an "expense" that was covered by insurance fully and asking the other parent to pay for something employer provided supplemental health insurance covers...

Good Luck!
Tayken
 
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