The Family Code, the basic law governing the institution of marriage, provides for the mutual participation of parents in the upbringing and maintenance of children. In the prosperous course of family life and joint budget management, you, as a rule, do not think about the share of participation that parents invest in the upkeep of children. However, if you happen to go through a divorce, you will definitely face child support.
How much child support should the father of the child pay?
It is difficult to answer this question unequivocally, because the circumstances that led to interest in this topic are different for everyone. In addition, in the conditions of modern reality, there are several types of options for these payments. Only one thing can be said with certainty about this - only a court can establish the size or amount of these payments.
Payouts
To date, the main payment for child support for parents who divorced is alimony. If you have one child, the amount of alimony will be 25% of all types of income in favor of the parent with whom the child is left to live. If you have two children, the amount of payments must be 33% of all types of the payer's income. If you have three or more children, the child support deduction will be 50% of the payer's income.
The official income items of the alimony payer are all types of his income, including wages, fees, pensions, unemployment benefits, and monetary allowances.
If your ex-husband refuses to work, he will still pay you child support, which will be equal to the cost of living for the child.
Another type of child support payments is a fixed amount. As a rule, this type of collection of financial support for children is appropriate when the payer does not have a stable income. To determine the amount of payment in a fixed amount, you need to go to the court, which, having studied in detail all the circumstances worthy of attention, will appoint the amount of payment and its duration in this form. If any circumstances arise that were not considered by the court when the amount of payments was initially assigned, one or another party may apply to the court for the second time, and after studying the documents and circumstances, the court may revise the previously assigned amount, both upward and downward. …
Helpful information
If you do not consider the issue of the payment of alimony in court, you can agree on the voluntary payment of alimony. In this case, it is recommended that the mutual agreement be notarized, specifying the total or percentage volume of payments and their frequency in the contract. In this case, the payer will independently make payments.
The best option in such cases is to receive the agreed amount by postal or bank transfer, since in case of disputes, it will be necessary to submit supporting documents.
If at the time of the appointment of the payment of alimony for your child, he is not yet one year old, you can apply to the court with an application for the appointment of benefits not only for the maintenance of the child, but also for you personally. It will be assigned in a fixed amount and will be paid until the child reaches one year of age.
