Schedule A Consultation(310) 282-0858
Schedule A Consultation(310) 282-0858
When support of a minor child (one under age 18), or an adult child for whom support is authorized under the Family Code, the Court may order either or both parents to pay any amount necessary for the child’s support. The Family Code provides a statewide uniform guideline for making child support awards. The statewide guideline provides a formula for a tentative child support amount in each case. That amount depends on (1) the parents’ respective net monthly disposable incomes, (2) the number of children for whom support is being determined, and (3) the parents’ respective periods of primary physical responsibility for the children. Once these factors are known, the formula amount is determined by applying the formula to them.
The Family Code provides that the Court “shall” order the following costs to be paid as additional child support:
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