Here’s an article that I recently wrote for the Legal Staff Professionals of Greenville (LSPG) monthly newsletter. It’s that time of year again – school is back in session. These days college seems to be automatic for most high school graduates. The process begins early in high school preparing for entrance exams and completing applications,…
Category Archives: Child Support
Child Support Obligation when the Kids are With Me
Question: My ex has custody of our children and I pay child support to her. I asked my ex to leave some of our kids’ clothes at my house but she refused and told me I need to go buy my own set of clothes for them to have at my house. Shouldn’t that be…
Who’s Responsible for the Child?
When a couple is married and they have a child it is pretty easy to determine who is going to be responsible for the child financially should the marriage end in divorce. There is no question who the mother of the child is, and in the situation above, there is no question who the father…
How to Calculate Child Support in South Carolina
In theory, the calculation of child support should be very simple. South Carolina has worked out a calculation found in the South Carolina Child Support Guidelines that calculates child support based on several factors – mainly the parent’s gross income, whether they are under a previous order to pay child support for another child, if…