state guidelines

[busybee04]

What is the name of your state?Ohio

When they are determining a child support order do they take into account the amount of time child spends with non custodial parent. Such as 50% shared parenting? I have read that they take your wages for the last six months. If you go for a modification of the order and there is a substantial drop in income would they go by what you are making right now or include the last six months? Thanks.

 

[mom22boyz]

Ohio's basic C/S guidelines are the exact same for sole custody and shared parenting situations. However, you can try to use extended visitation as a basis for a deviation from the standard order, but you arent guaranteed to get it. Also, you cannot even ask for a deviation if you are trying to modify through the CSEA. Only a judge can review and grant that type of request.

As far as the wage issue goes, I would think that a dramatic drop in income would be seen as voluntary under-employment, and therefore the previous salary would be imupted, but I'm not certain. Hopefully somebody else can verify if that is correct or not.

 

[Zephyr]

http://www.co.summit.oh.us/prosecutor/pdfs/ocda faq guidelines - summit county sbw.pdf


a link about ohio guidelines, also the reason for the drop in income would determine if a drop in support could happen

 

[busybee04]

Thanks. That link really helped. I don't know anybody who would take a voluntary under employment, but I guess there's weird people everywhere. The company is lucky if they work a 40 hr. week and have had a lot of lay offs and many people have been bumped down.