Legal Question in Family Law in California

Yes you will wind up paying some child support. Child support is based on time and income run through a formula in a computer program called DissoMaster. It calculates an amount you are supposed to spend on your child each month and sort of converts that to a daily rate. Then it assumes you spend that on the days the child is with you and calculates you owe that amount on the days the child is not with you. Then it takes the other person's income and time and makes the same calculation. Whomever owes the larger amount pays the difference to the other person. So at 95% custody to you, she would probably owe you some support but at 50/50 with you making so much more, you are certain to owe her some payment. You can, however, ask for a "find work" order that she make documented efforts to move from part time to full time work. If she fails to make documented efforts to find full time work you can then ask that support be recalculated going forward at a rate based on what she should be earning. If she does try to find full time work, you can have support recalculated once she finds full time work.