Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

You are entitled to 20% of his net income, and any money he pays for prior child support orders are taken out of his pay when calculating his net income for your child. So you very well may get less than 20% of his entire after tax income. If he is talking to a lawyer about how little ha can get away with paying you, it is unlikely this will be an amicable matter.

Mr. Steele is mostly correct; however, the real issue for the court to decide is which child is a firstborn child. If your child is the oldest, regardless of when you apply for child support, you get the first 20% of his net aftertax income. If your child is the youngest then what Mr. Steele says applies. Also if your child is firstborn then the mother of the second child may be looking at a reduction in her overall support.