Q: Can I divide C/S on the 1st/15th of the month to meet my per month obligation? Or, C/S must be paid on the 1st only?
My court order states: SECTION IV. CHILD SUPPORT - 2. Amount: Obligor shall be obligated to pay child support in the amount of $1373.08 per month, and on the 1st of the month beginning September 1, 2013, and continuing unti the parties' minor children reach the age of 18, becomes emancipated, marries, dies, or otherwise become self-supporting; OR either party files a Supplemental Petition to Modify Child Supprt and the Court enters such an Order.
A:
I believe that the intent of the language "on the 1st of the month" is that you should pay the $1,373.08 per month no later than the first of each month. If you schedule October's payment so that, for example, half is paid mid-September, and the other half is paid October 1st, that should be fine.
I use October as an example because mid-August has come and gone; September would be a confusing example.
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