What age does child support end in New Mexico?
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What age does child support end in New Mexico?
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Can a new spouse’s income be considered for child support?
Generally, a new spouse’s income will not be used in child support calculations. Child support is the obligation of the parents themselves. Therefore, the non-custodial parent’s child support obligation will not change based upon remarriage alone.
What expenses does child support not cover?
Unfortunately, the amount of child support assessed as payable is usually insufficient to fund costs associated with children such as:Private health insurance.Private school fees.Extra-curricular activities.Any additional costs due to a child’s ‘special needs’
Does Child Support care about bills?
The reason for this rule is that the law considers support payments a higher priority than other types of debts. In some states the court may take into account the reasonable expenses incurred by the paying spouse for his or her own basic necessities of life (such as rent or mortgage, food, clothing, and health care).
What if one parent makes more money than the non custodial parent?
It is possible, however (though not likely), that if the custodial parent earns more than enough to support the children on his/her own the court could order that the noncustodial has little to no child support obligation. It gets more interesting if the parents are awarded joint physical custody.
How does child support work if custodial parent is unemployed?
Nonetheless, unemployment does not exempt you from paying child support. In fact, child support orders remain in effect even when a parent loses their job. This means that they continue to pay child support as if they were employed. In some situations, however, the obligation may be calculated on the actual income.
How does child support work if custodial parent makes more money?
Even when children split their time equally between both parents, for example, spend one week with their mother and the next with their father, the court will still order one parent, usually the parent who earns more money, to pay child support to the other parent.
