Tanya N. Helfand, Esq.'s Blog – February 2012 Archive (1)

CHILD SUPPORT

            Children are entitled to child support.  It is their legal right.

            New Jersey uses child support guidelines which are mainly, but not exclusively, based on both parents’ income and the number of overnights each parent has with the child.

            The Child Support guidelines are not applicable in extremely low or extremely high income families.  If the…