Q: If i file for child support and father pays half of daycare expenses, does that come out of child support amount?
His dad pays half of the daycare each month right now but only has him 13% of the time. I am curious since i filed for child support, if he will still be obligated to pay daycare as well as full child support or if daycare expense is included in child support amount. Thank you!
A: Child support is separate from daycare and medical expenses, it does not come out of the amount he will be required to pay. However, if paying child support and daycare would put the father under the poverty line, he would not be ordered to share the daycare costs. I hope this is helpful! Best!
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If a parent requests the other parent to be responsible for a share of child care expenses, the court normally orders this responsibility to pay for child care expenses in addition to the amount ordered for child support.
That being said, the request for child care expenses has to be formally pled, meaning formally requested in the court documents and properly served on the other party. If the State has brought a child support case, the State doesn't normally include a request for child care expenses. If a parent wanted to add a request for child care expenses to the case, they would have to plead such and serve the other party with their pleading.
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