
Figuring out child support is a big part of every child custody agreement. If you are the parent paying child support, you want to make sure that the amount is calculated correctly so you are paying the fair amount. If you are receiving child support you also want to make sure that the amount is calculated correctly so you are getting the fair amount of money.
How do you know if you're paying/receiving the correct amount of child support?
This question is more complicated then it seems because every state has different factors that determine how much child support is paid. However, there is one crucial component of child support calculation that every state considers. Every state looks at the time share percentage (or overnight percentage) that both parents have with the children. However, the percentage of time and overnight percentage each parent has with the child is also the hardest number to come up with in the calculation. In fact, because it takes so long to figure out these percentages, most of the time an attorney or the court will 'guesstimate' this number (and this leads to many child support calculations that are wrong). You definitely don't want this crucial number that has such an impact on your child support to be left to a guess. And, with the Custody X Change legal software, you don't have to.
Custody X Change allows you to calculate the exact time share percentage or overnight percentage that each parent has with the children.
This makes Custody X Change a vital asset to any child support software program. Because, any child support software requires that you enter in either the time-share percentage or the overnight percentage. Again, usually this number is guessed…and that guess creates the figure that you either pay or receive. Without Custody X Change, child support software doesn't really help that much.
With the Custody X Change software, you simply put in the schedule for your child custody agreement and it calculates the time each parent has with the child. As you make changes and rearrange your schedule, the percentage of time updates with it. That way you can know exactly how much time each parent has with the children the entire time you are creating your child custody agreement. Then you can bring this number to your attorney or to the court and make sure that you are paying or receiving the right amount of child support.
Don Harris, an attorney from New Mexico, found this component of the software to be invaluable. He wrote,
"I got the Custody X Change software so I could give my clients a printed Calendar. Also, in New Mexico, there can be a significant change in child support from 'Schedule A,' where one parent has responsibility for less than 35 percent of the time, and 'Schedule B,' where each party has responsibility for more than 35 percent of the time. On borderline cases, it is important to know the possible child support consequences of various options."
Don Harris
Albuquerque, NM
www.donharrislaw.com
Every parent in a custody situation wants to know the child support consequences that come from different schedules--and now you can.
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