Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: Calculating Child Support Using FL Guidelines

No other children are figured into the calculation unless court-ordered child support is paid on one or more of the other children, in which case the judge may apply what's called the "Smith rule." You'll have to speak with a Family Lawyer about the Smith rule if it applies to your support, since it's applied differently in different parts of the state. In some parts of the state, they don't even use the Smith rule, so child support is figured on income alone, without regard to other support paid.