Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

Re: Increase in Child Support

You are being told? By whom? Your hairdresser? Some internet chat room? Or a lawyer who regularly practices in your local courts?

Re: Increase in Child Support

A support order that is nine years old certainly warrants a review for a material change in the circustances of both the payor and payee.

The Commonwealth uses the income shares formula

to determine the total aggregate support due and owing on the part of both parents based upon their total respective gross incomes. Then using

the Virginia Child Support Guidelines found at S20--108.2 of the Code, this total is apportioned among(usually) the custodial and noncustodial parents with the former taking appropriate deductions for such items as daycare and extraordinary medical expenses for the child(ren).

From these various calculations, one defined monetary amount will normally be determined for the noncustodial parent to be paid by him or her each and every month to the custodial parent.

Re: Increase in Child Support

It depends. If you have a persuasive reason for quitting your job then the court may be inclined to increase your support. However, even if the court does what is known as imputing income to you, you may still have an increase. It really simply depends on your salary versus the father's salary. We would have to run the guidelines to see what your support payment would be. Feel free to contact me and I'll run the guidelines for you.