Is 1k a month support 2 kids too little for 51k salary?

Hi, I have a question... Does anybody have an idea about this?

I live/work in Washington DC- I have two toddlers with a woman in NY.
I earn (before taxes) 51k a year.

We don't have a formal arrangements with the courts for child support.
I send her 1k a month and I help out with medical expenses as they show
up.
Last year the amount I sent her averaged to about 1300 a month.

Is this too much? Too little ? What would the courts find- what is the
likelyhood they would order me to increase or decrease the amount??

You don't mention how much the mother earns. It makes a difference.

"jean paul sartre" wrote in message
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Hi, I have a question... Does anybody have an idea about this?

I live/work in Washington DC- I have two toddlers with a woman in NY.
I earn (before taxes) 51k a year.

We don't have a formal arrangements with the courts for child support.
I send her 1k a month and I help out with medical expenses as they show
up.
Last year the amount I sent her averaged to about 1300 a month.

Is this too much? Too little ? What would the courts find- what is the
likelyhood they would order me to increase or decrease the amount??

"jean paul sartre" wrote in

Last year the amount I sent her averaged to about 1300 a month.

Is this too much? Too little ? What would the courts find- what is the
likelyhood they would order me to increase or decrease the amount??

If they find out that you can easy pay $300 per month, they'll go for
more!

The state gets payed a commission from the feds forevery dollar they
collect, thereis no ceiling on this commission either. Don't assume any
logic or common sense when it comes to C$ agencies, they are freeking insane
and their self importance drives them to new heights of arrogance.

Every dollar you give them, helps to support their useless
existance!!!!!!!!!!

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:37:37 -0700, teachrmama wrote:

You don't mention how much the mother earns. It makes a difference.

"jean paul sartre" wrote in message
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Hi, I have a question... Does anybody have an idea about this?

I live/work in Washington DC- I have two toddlers with a woman in NY. I
earn (before taxes) 51k a year.

We don't have a formal arrangements with the courts for child support.
I send her 1k a month and I help out with medical expenses as they show
up.
Last year the amount I sent her averaged to about 1300 a month.

Is this too much? Too little ? What would the courts find- what is the
likelyhood they would order me to increase or decrease the amount??


She earns very little. She works part time and moved in with her mother.

"jean paul sartre" wrote in message
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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:37:37 -0700, teachrmama wrote:

You don't mention how much the mother earns. It makes a difference.

"jean paul sartre" wrote in message
...
Hi, I have a question... Does anybody have an idea about this?

I live/work in Washington DC- I have two toddlers with a woman in NY. I
earn (before taxes) 51k a year.

We don't have a formal arrangements with the courts for child support.
I send her 1k a month and I help out with medical expenses as they show
up.
Last year the amount I sent her averaged to about 1300 a month.

Is this too much? Too little ? What would the courts find- what is the
likelyhood they would order me to increase or decrease the amount??


She earns very little. She works part time and moved in with her mother.

Ok. Look on alllaw.com, at the child support calculators. You will have to
use the state the child lives in. It will show approximately what you would
have to pay with a court order. I am not sure whether it includes child
care into the calculation.

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[Any man that's good enough to support a child is good enough to have
custody of such child]

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"teachrmama" wrote in message
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"jean paul sartre" wrote in message
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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:37:37 -0700, teachrmama wrote:

You don't mention how much the mother earns. It makes a difference.

"jean paul sartre" wrote in message
...
Hi, I have a question... Does anybody have an idea about this?

I live/work in Washington DC- I have two toddlers with a woman in NY.
I
earn (before taxes) 51k a year.

We don't have a formal arrangements with the courts for child support.
I send her 1k a month and I help out with medical expenses as they
show
up.
Last year the amount I sent her averaged to about 1300 a month.

Is this too much? Too little ? What would the courts find- what is the
likelyhood they would order me to increase or decrease the amount??


She earns very little. She works part time and moved in with her mother.

Ok. Look on alllaw.com, at the child support calculators. You will have
to
use the state the child lives in. It will show approximately what you
would
have to pay with a court order. I am not sure whether it includes child
care into the calculation.

For what it's worth, courts NEVER order someone to pay less. In other words,
they order a minimum; not a maximum.

"Chris" wrote in message
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[Any man that's good enough to support a child is good enough to have
custody of such child]

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"teachrmama" wrote in message
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"jean paul sartre" wrote in message
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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:37:37 -0700, teachrmama wrote:

You don't mention how much the mother earns. It makes a difference.

"jean paul sartre" wrote in message
...
Hi, I have a question... Does anybody have an idea about this?

I live/work in Washington DC- I have two toddlers with a woman in NY.
I
earn (before taxes) 51k a year.

We don't have a formal arrangements with the courts for child
support.
I send her 1k a month and I help out with medical expenses as they
show
up.
Last year the amount I sent her averaged to about 1300 a month.

Is this too much? Too little ? What would the courts find- what is
the
likelyhood they would order me to increase or decrease the amount??


She earns very little. She works part time and moved in with her
mother.

Ok. Look on alllaw.com, at the child support calculators. You will have
to
use the state the child lives in. It will show approximately what you
would
have to pay with a court order. I am not sure whether it includes child
care into the calculation.

For what it's worth, courts NEVER order someone to pay less. In other
words,
they order a minimum; not a maximum.

Perhaps I'm unique, but I was ordered to pay less CS after the CS guidelines
were implemented. The irony was I had more income than when the original CS
order was made yet the modification of the CS order using the new guidelines
dropped the amount paid down about $150 per month.

I have to admit the above is why I don't think the CS guidelines are that
unreasonable. But I did think paying CS, SS, and income taxes that took 75%
of my gross income was way over the top.