Child Support Laws-What Every Parent Should Know About Child Support Guidelines | Child Joint Custody

Prior to the enactment of the current child support laws and child support guidelines as a consequence the amount of child support to be paid was decided by the courts.

The Judge, in determining the child support amount, looked at two principal factors:

1)      The ability of the parent to pay

2)      The needs of the child

The major problems arising from this approach to child support payments was inconsistency. Different judges awarded very differing amounts and this led to a number of problems.

Principal among these was the lack of urgency in parents in reaching an agreement as to child support as they felt it was worth their while taking their chances in court.

In addition this led to serious inconsistency of child support orders and a lack of respect with the result that the parent who should be paying simply was not.

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