Can you get put on child support without a job?

Can you get put on child support without a job?

If you don’t have a source of income and cannot afford child support, you will still be required to make a monthly child support payment. If a parent does not have a source of income, the court may calculate income based on prior work history and/or the parent’s potential earning capacity.

Can child support take spouse’s income?

For the purposes of calculating the base amount of child support a parent must pay — that is, the parent’s basic obligation under the Child Support Guidelines, before special and/or extraordinary expenses — the court will only look at the parent’s income. The income of the new partner is not taken into account.

Will IRS take my refund if my husband owes child support?

If your state child support enforcement office has reported your overdue child support to the Treasury Department, the IRS will take your tax refund to cover the arrears (often called a tax refund seizure). The IRS will then give the money to the appropriate child support agency.

Can my ex get child support from my new husband?

Remarriage and Child Support Generally speaking, no. The courts do not consider the financial support for your children from a previous marriage to be the legal responsibility of your new spouse. That’s not to say that your ex can’t contest this or doesn’t have legal precedence to do so.