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Child Support

Laws current as of July 8, 2024

If the other parent is paying child support for children who are not mine, how will this affect the amount of child support I get?

Where there is an existing child support order that requires the other parent to pay child support for children who are not yours, the court will generally deduct the amount s/he “actually pays” from his/her gross income.1 Therefore, the child support owed to you will be calculated based on this reduced amount of gross income. If you have proof that the other parent is not actually paying the ordered child support for his/her other children, this is important information to bring up in court. In this case, the judge may agree not to deduct that amount when calculating the amount paid to you.

1 Va. Code § 20-108.2(C)  

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