Do You Know Your Rights Regarding Child Support in FL

Establishing, Modifying and Enforcing Support Orders in Florida

An experienced attorney can help you establish child support, modify a previous order, or enforce an order of child support. Financial disputes over the amount of support usually emerge because a parent is not acting in good faith, such as when a parent simply refuses to support their child. Attorney Carol Lee Peake is an experienced child support attorney who can work with you to stop such cases from spiraling out of control.

How Can an Daytona Beach Child Support Attorney Assist?

SOME OF AREAS OF REPRESENTATION WHERE AN ATTORNEY MAY BE NECESSARY INCLUDE:

• When you are calculating the amount of child support

• When you are seeking temporary child support

• When child support is established

• When child support is to be enforced

• When prior child support orders are being modified

• During General Magistrate hearings

• When seeking child support beyond a child’s 18th birthday for a disabled child

In short, representation is important for anything to do with your child support matter. Any decisions or orders involving your child are serious and you cannot take them for granted.

How Is Child Support Calculated?

The court considers your net resources when calculating your child support amount. To get your net income, things such as the amount for Social Security, federal income tax, and your medical insurance premium are subtracted from your gross income.

In Florida, child support is calculated using the state's guideline formula, which takes into account both parents' net income and the number of overnights each parent has with the child.

The guideline formula takes into account:

• Both parents' net monthly income

• The number of children being supported

• The cost of health insurance for the child(ren)

• The cost of daycare expenses

• Any other support payments being made for other children

The calculated child support amount is presumed to be the correct amount, unless there is a showing of a good cause to deviate from the guideline amount. The court may also take into consideration any special needs of the child, extraordinary expenses, and other relevant factors.

It is important to note that child support is paid by the non-custodial parent to the custodial parent, and is intended to help cover the costs of raising the child. Child support payments are enforceable by law and may be collected through wage garnishment, seizure of tax refunds, and other means if necessary.

The obligor can only stop paying child support when the child turns 18, gets married, graduates from high school, or is emancipated.

Our Volusia and Flagler County child support attorney can help you collect the child support you are entitled to or modify support due to changes in situation. Call us today at (386) 868-4039.