Legal Question in Family Law in Minnesota

Re: Child Support

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Response:

Well I ran a little quick math using the numbers you provided, and I can say that if it were a true 50-50 split of custody, $550 monthly might be a bit high.

You use the term "primary residence," however, which for me raises the question as to exactly what kind of joint physical custody is it. In a straight up custody split, neither party has primary anything.

Another thing I would ask up front is where did the figure come from. If it is a number that was agreed to, that tends to make it harder to change. In order to change an existing court order, one must show a substantial change in circumstances since the order was issued; and if the order was agreed to one runs into the additional issue of how much of this change was not foreseeable at the time of the agreement.

I strongly suspect you have an agreed to order here because joint custody arrangements such as you describe don't usually come about as the result of court battles.

Good luck. I would need a lot more info before I could comment further.