Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

Child support - high income - IL

First child just graduated. This child support has ceased, but now I have my portion of college to pay for. According to my ex, the second child now moves into first position, so 20% of net pay is now to be paid for this child (which puts me paying about the same as before). ''For higher income paying parents, the court may order that support should be less than the guidelines if the children will be paid in excess of their needs.'' What is considered higher income and in excess of needs? Thank you.


Asked on 7/10/07, 4:01 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Peter Olson The Olson Law Firm, LLC

Re: Child support - high income - IL

First, I'm assuming there are two children and it's correct that for one child the support amount should be 20% of your current net income. If that's a minimal or no change from the current support amount I'd just keep paying what's been ordered.

That language really has no specific meaning...some lawyer probably threw it in their as an attempt to explain the current state of the law. 20% is the figure for minor child support. College tends to look at the income/assets of the parties at the time the child enters college. Is there an agreement on college contribution yet? Most judges are going to look at your two incomes and divide college stuff by the percentages of your respective incomes.

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Answered on 7/10/07, 4:15 pm


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