Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana
Child Support more than one state
My ex-spouse is domicilary parent of one child and i am of the other. I live in AR and she lives in LA. I only became the domicilary parent a year ago. I left the child support the way it was as though I was paying for both children because my income is much more than her and I felt it only fair. however, she and her husband together make as much as me and live well to the means of that income and I receive nothing for the other child. Can the income be combined and we pay each other the same amount? If the income of the two can not be combined then, the amount I pay now is fair.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Child Support more than one state
It depends on what state you are talking about. LA I do not know, and an Attorney licensed there will have to tell you, but if the case is in AR, the Court should look at your income and then look at the chart and come up with amount A.
Then the Court should look at her income (Without his) and look at the chart and come up with figure B. The judge will then compare the two numbers and either wipe both out as recriprical, or order payment of the difference, not the amount for 2.
Re: Child Support more than one state
Mr. Southern gives the Arizona perspective.
Louisiana is not terribly different. Under the concepts of split or shared domicile the obligations of the parents (and not their spouses) will create a "set-off". The formula might be slightly different but the result will be similar.
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