Q: I was married for 8 years, have two kids and my ex decided to leave me. She wants 2600(both Al & CS).Is That too much?
She has a masters degree and is going back to work September 7th. She is going to make $65,000 a year to start back up but will progress to $100,000+ in two years. She's been out of work raising our 6 and 4 year olds for the last 6 years. I make around 150,000 a year.
A:
Thank you for your question. Calculating support can be complicated and knowing the nuances of the child support guidelines and the alimony statute can result in significant differences in support. Without more details, I'll have to keep my response general in nature. Also, you should not give many details about such a private topic on this public forum, so please reach out to schedule a consultation if you want more information.
There are a number of factors that are taken into consideration in calculating child support including but not limited to: overnight visits, health insurance, union dues, mandatory retirement contributions, payment/receipt of alimony, etc. Without knowing this information or information regarding the appropriate imputation of income and the reason she is expected to earn more in two years, I cannot weight in on the appropriateness of the support amount.
I wish I could have been of more assistance.
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