Is day care normally included in child support?

xjeeperx · 2024-12-28T05:15:14+00:00

Childcare was included as a line item in the child support calculation in my case.

Cheap_House8696 · 2024-12-27T16:40:26+00:00

No, I pay 50% daycare and no CS

rsmiley77 · 2024-12-26T15:55:05+00:00

Ok so short answer is it is a separate expense. Long answer will help you better understand how it works….

Long answer: Child support is technically for the kids and any agreement outside of court will likely not stand if challenged by either parent. Daycare is an expense incurred to the parents…. So they’re separate…

in some case after you know what your child support number is, instead of paying the other side for support you will directly pay daycare expenses or at least subtract/add that from your support payment. This will often times happen when the divorce is pending but you still have to pay support since this is only a two year time frame. So while it’s factored in, it’s really not PART of your support.

My example. I had to pay 1400 in support. I also had to pay 800 in daycare monthly. My now ex and I have been mandated to split everything 65-35. That means my now exes portion of daycare was 800*0.35= $280…. So my support payment dropped down to $1120… I also was responsible for my children’s health care that dropped another 100 or so off my support payment even though I still had to pay their health care.

So basically they make you pay in full and give you back your money by subtracting it from support. And yes it’s a huge burden.

AirSailer · 2024-12-26T15:47:17+00:00

The way my lawyer explained it to me was that in our state, AR, the combined income is what CS is based off of. Assuming 50/50 custody, the one with the higher percentage pays more to offset what the other cannot pay. Then out of that each pays half expenses of everything. It's an option to have a separate child care expenses assigned to an individual, but this is for specific situations (like one parent pays health insurance the other pays child care). I say this as a starting point for a discussion with your attorney. YMMV

0neMinute · 2024-12-26T14:29:14+00:00

Depends on agreement , normally outside of support.
Your best bet is to ask for each partner to pay for their own daycare expenses and aim for 50/50

Title	Is day care normally included in child support?
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