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THE CHILD SUPPORT STANDARDS ACT Thirty years ago, the New York State Legislature enacted the Child Support Standards Act, also referred to herein as “the guidelines.” The statutory child support percentages, as applied to parents’ combined income for purposes of calculating child support purposes, are: · 17% of combined income for one child, A physical custody case study where the parents choose shared custody of their children. Fran and Bob were living separately for almost a year before they started their divorce proceeding. During that year the children lived with Fran, attended school, and saw Bob mostly on weekends. Fran worked in a part-time job which did not occupy [...] A legal custody case study where the parents generally agree on decisions regarding their daughter, but take precaution against future impasses. Luke and Joan were involved in a divorce which had been sparked by unfaithfulness on one of their parts, and there was a considerable degree of enmity. They had one child aged seven. Wile neither [...] A case study on legal custody where the spouses cannot agree on who should make decisions regarding the children’s religious upbringing. Sylvia and Joel have two children aged five and seven. They have always disagreed on almost everything regarding the children. Sylvia was brought up Catholic and Joel was brought up in the Jewish tradition. In [...] Carl F. Wand, Esq. Effects on Children Divorce always has an affect on children. Sometimes children appear to be unaffected but, in almost all cases, the reality is that the feelings are either suppressed or there is a process of denial in place. Children usually feel confused and unsure as to [...] |
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