{"id":682,"date":"2023-12-04T13:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/?p=682"},"modified":"2023-12-06T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:27:10","slug":"understanding-how-child-support-is-calculated-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/understanding-how-child-support-is-calculated-in-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding How Child Support is Calculated in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/shutterstock_691351780.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/shutterstock_691351780.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/shutterstock_691351780-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/shutterstock_691351780-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Maryland is one of many states that has set guidelines for\nhow child support is awarded. The Child Support Guidelines are designed to help\nensure equity and fairness and make sure that children have the financial\nsupport that they need to thrive. When you are potentially going to be paying\nor awarded child support, it\u2019s important that you understand how the payment is\ncalculated. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Information Do You Need to Provide? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The court will need to see some documents from you before\ndeciding what payments are appropriate for child support. These documents\ninclude: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The actual monthly income of each parent, which\nincludes things like wages, Social Security benefits, alimony, bonuses,\nworkers\u2019 compensation, and other income<\/li><li>The adjusted actual income of each parent, which\nis the actual income minus any other child support that the parent is currently\npaying for another child and any alimony that they are responsible for<\/li><li>Health insurance costs<\/li><li>Work-related childcare costs, including programs\nlike before and after care and daycare<\/li><li>Financial statement forms<\/li><li>Any other requested information<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What If a Parent Tries to Avoid Paying Child Support? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, some parents think that they can avoid paying child\nsupport for their children by intentionally not making enough money to pay it.\nThis is known as voluntary impoverishment, and the court takes it very\nseriously. If the judge determines that a spouse is voluntarily impoverishing\nthemselves, they can disregard the lack of income and treat the parent as if\nthey do have income when deciding how large the child support payment will be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Is Child Support Calculated? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Because Maryland uses established standards, you can get an\nidea of what your child support payment will be by using their official <a href=\"https:\/\/mydhrbenefits.dhr.state.md.us\/dashboardclient\/#\/csocDisclaimer\">calculator<\/a>.\nWhen the judge hears your case, they will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Determine and confirm your actual income<\/li><li>Confirm your adjusted actual income<\/li><li>Add up your adjusted actual income and use it\nwith the Child Support Guidelines to figure out the basic child support\nobligation<\/li><li>Factor in any other expenses that have been\ndisclosed, like healthcare costs or the cost of daycare<\/li><li>Generate the child support obligation for the\nnon-custodial parent to pay<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, it is very challenging to ask the court to\nconsider another amount for child support, and working with an attorney is\nessential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Need Representation for Your Case from The Law Office of Elizabeth Anu\nLawrence <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are worried about the outcome of your case or you are\nlooking to receive child support, choose an experienced firm like the Law\nOffice of Elizabeth Anu Lawrence to give you the help you need.&nbsp; Please give us a call at 443.352.3201. Skype\nand telephone consultations are both available to clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child support is calculated using guidelines that are established by the state of Maryland and that consider numerous factors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}