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Child Support Calculator In Joint Physical Legal Custody

Child support calculator helps you to arrive at a ballpark figure as to how much your child support payment is going to be. All the states in the US are different when it comes to calculating child support as they have specific rules. So, it is best you use a calculator that is customized to the state of your residence. Also, a lot of it depends on what type of custody you have filed for. For example, if you have filed for joint custody or joint physical custody, then the child support will be shared between you and your partner.

The amount actually will depend on the number of days the children or child will stay with you. The average costs are calculated based on the cost of living and the standard of living of the child.

Though the calculator gives you a good estimate, the actual amount may differ by moderate margins. Most of the calculators assume that the child will be living with a single parent. In case of joint custody, the situation is not estimated by online calculators. The main reasons is because it is very difficult to guess where the child will be spending most of the time or even calculate the per day cost. In most of the joint custody cases, the parents work out their own arrangement and get it approved by the court.

One way of estimation is go ahead and use the calculators and divide the amount by half assuming you have your children half the time. The same rule cannot be applied if the ratio changes.

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