Q: My child support was ordered before I put my boys in daycare. Can I change my Child support to get more help?
2 boys & i only get 400/month well 372/month since i did des child support assistance and they take some off for the service.
A:
Childcare costs can be added to the child support worksheet, but it is entirely discretionary. This means it is entirely up to your specific judge. The factors that most commonly affect this decision are the comparative incomes between the parents and the parenting schedule. If parents earn similar amounts and/or exercise approximately equal parenting time, childcare costs are less likely to be included.
Long story short, you can try to modify child support (so long as inclusion of the childcare costs change the existing obligation by at least 15%), but there is no guarantee your judge will include those expenses.
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