North Dakota Judgment and Decree Ordering in Part Payment of Child Support

In determining a parent's income for child support purposes, courts typically look at the parent's gross income from all sources. They then subtract certain obligatory deductions, like income taxes, Social Security, health care, and mandatory union dues.

The court estimates that the cost of raising one child is $1,000 a month. The non-custodial parent's income is 66.6% of the parent's total combined income. Therefore, the non-custodial parent pays $666 per month in child support, or 66.6% of the total child support obligation.

In most cases, child support payments continue through the child's 18th birthday or through age 19, if the child is still in high school. With a judge's approval, parents can agree to continue child support for a longer period to cover a child's exceptional medical or physical needs or pay for college. See N. D. Cent.

CHILD SUPPORT BASED ON GROSS INCOME CSA advises parties that this is what the children would be entitled to if the two parents were still together. But they would only be entitled to a net amount if the two parents were still together.

In Alberta, the basic amount of child support that someone with an income of $150,000 would have to pay for one child is $1318.00 per month.

The biggest factor in calculating child support is how much the parents earn. Some states consider both parents' income, but others consider only the income of the noncustodial parent. In most states, the percentage of time that each parent spends with the children is another important factor.

RECOMMENDATION 1. The federal Department of Justice recommends that the child support tables be updated every five years, or sooner when changes in federal, provincial, or territorial tax regimes would have a significant impact on table amounts.

Thus, the only real way to be "taken off child support" is to (1) File a Petition for Modification of Child Support with the Superior Court, (2) The petition must allege a sufficient reason the non-custodial parent should not have to pay child support ( or example, the parties sharing joint physical custody), and (3)