Q: Does a father who has 50/50 custody have to pay for child support in Oklahoma if the mother uses state funded daycare?
A: In most cases there is still a child support obligation when parents share 50/50 custody. Support is based on the incomes of the parents and also the amount of overnight visits. Sometimes the support amount comes out to zero and sometimes it is more than that. The only way to know what the support amount would be is to run a calculation on the child support guidelines.
Charles Watts agrees with this answer
A: I agree with Pete. One other aspect is that even though it is state funded the state will want to collect some of that back if possible therefore that is calculated into the child support guidelines provided by the OKDHS-CSS.
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