Category Archives: Child Support

Child Support Obligation when the Kids are With Me

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My ex has custody of our children and I pay child support [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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