Legal Question in Family Law in Ohio

If you have a court ordered child support order than you can't just reduce the order to pay for another child. When you establish the order for the second child they will factor in that you pay for the first child. Once you have paid for the second child for sometime, you can try and modify the first child's order to reflect that you also pay for the second child.

If they are both court (or csea) established orders in ohio then it is highly unlikely that the orders will be the same amount. Child Support in Ohio is determined through a calculation worksheet that takes multiple factors into consideration.