Should inheritance be figured into gross income to deterimine child support obligiations?
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Wrong.\nRegular, income is figured into child support, you can't figure in any overtime that you can't say will be there everyweek, or a part time job that you never know when you will get to work, ASSUMING that those are not the dad's primary income.  In other words, if he gets the inheritance, it's his, it's not income, you don't get it.  Most states state that you can change support every 2 years, not just when he gets some money and you want it.  Reason is, ya, it's to your advanage to get more money when his luck is good, but when it's bad, you don't want it going down do you?  They has to be a norm, a mid line and that is what they try to find.  You can get bank records to prove he's got money, and whatever, but his lawyer is going to counter with it's not income, it was earned during the court awarded child support, which he paid, and he's not going to earn the 20 grand this year when grandma dies. blah blah.
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If the sell of the home is in the same year of your dad's passing, then up to $500,000 of the gain from the sell would be excluded from your mom's gross income.  If it is the year after, then the exclusion will be up to $250,000 of the gain.\n\nIf the house was part of community property, then one-half of the home would get a step-up in basis to the Fair Market Value of the home on the date of your dad's passing.  So, you might not have that much gain, leaving you well below the exclusion limit.\n\nHope this helps, and I'm sorry to hear about your loss.
589277
Can't be generalised. Depends on the individual circumstances. I would suggest asking for rent when the child is irresponsible with their money as this might give them a sense of responsibility and encourage better finances. If the child is already responsible then don't charge them. Instead make them save so that can invest in their own property if possible.
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Yes, that is all taken into consideration. See the site below where you can get an approximate idea of what your child support would be.
31697
Depends on lots of things.  Pre=nups, etc.  Do you have an attorney?  If not, you'll need one eventually.
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it is considered the childs income
495662
in most cases no. The court usually set the child support soly on the fathers income. However anything that is considered unpaid medical may be split in a way that isnt 50/50.  In that case your combined income may be used.\nIf you have any other questions,or issues, let me know. I will tell all, I have been through about every custody and child support issue known.
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Normally, to be a dependent a qualifying relative must meet tests such relationship, support AND have gross income for the calendar year less than than exemption amount. \n\nUnder that general rule, the father in your example would not qualify as a dependent.\n\nHOWEVER, code section 152 notes that for medical expenses an individual may be a 'dependent' for medical expenses even if his gross income precludes a dependency exemption.\n\nYou would include the full 11,000 on schedule A, limited by 7.5% of your AGI which does NOT include the 8,000 of earnings from the father.
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Imagine 32% of YOUR pay after taxes going to an ex (what I pay).  Imagine that she hasn't worked on a full time payroll in 12 yrs.  Imagine that your sending home $2000-2400/month and your told it isn't enough even though your not only sending that but also paying for half of summer camp and paying for all the dental work out of pocket.....  (we are not talking about alimony... just child support)\n\nI imagine that if you were giving ME 1 out of every 3 dollars you earn after taxes you might have a different view of the money and how it is spent.\n\nIf my ex weren't living on the support I pay for my children I might have a different view, but many women subsidize thier standard of living with the "kids" money.\n\nNow ask yourself why men are the way they are about support...
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they have child support calculators..type in your state plus child support calculators,u will find alot of sites to get a ball park figure..
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Child support is neither deductable nor considered taxable income.  \n\nIf you pay - you cant deduct\nIf you recieve - you dont count it as income\n\nIf you are smart you have take the deduction(s) for the kid at least every other year.
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Sorry this is so long, but bear with me.\n\nThe law begins with the premise that you are the father and share in the obligations of your own child's upbringing. What you are asking is to have an exception or an easing of the costs based on need because of financial strain or unfairness due to the inequity of paychecks. Your side will be the one to have to convince and persuade because her side has law. In the end, even a good persuasive argument may not stand if there are no laws with which to draw on in your favor.\n\nLook closely at your side then. I am not trying to attack your side by these questions. I am merely saying that such questions may be asked by the legal decision makers or legal financil aid providers and you need to know your side has the strength to convince. Here are some questions to be prapared on:\n\nIs your limited income due to irresponsibility - Did you have to get a new job because you were fired from your old one? Have you wasted reasonable opportunities to have a better job - For example, do you have a degree and qualifications for a better job but chose a low paying job instead?\n\nWill your income likely grow again in the near future - Eight years ago we moved to a new state and my husband had to begin over again on the payscale. We began that first year on less than 18K, but we moved up quickly to now being quite comfortable by regional average income standards. If you are likely to move up in pay, that will be taken into account especially if you are asking to be excused altogether from the burden of support.\n\nHow much money is needed to raise a child in the location in which this child is being raised - Surely 70K/year would be far in excess of expenses where we live and perhaps where you live. However, if your child is being raise in many of the large cities in the Northeast or California it may take about that much to survive there.\n\nIs the $70K all the income from your wife's side? Has she remarried and has her husband's income too? If so, is that 70K a combined income from her own and her husband's income?\n\nHave you provided more than monetary support? Have you been a father beyond the child support payment? If you have been actively engaged in your child's life you will have a more convincing argument than if you haven't had anything to do with him.\n\nWhat were the conditions leading to divorce? Obviously if divorce occured because she was unfaithful you will have a stronger side than if you were unfaithful or abusive. Some would think that if you messed up in these ways you made your own bed and by paying you are reaping what you have sown.\n\nHaving such information as her being able to afford Cancun while you are barely able to afford groceries is very helpful, but make sure no holes can be poked through it. Did she really use the child support money for that vacation? Was the vacation specifically in the child's interest. It doesn't sound like it, but again it is your side that will have to do the proving not hers.\n\nOK. That is the end of the questions. I hope you understand my motives are just to make you realize that you will be the one with the uphill battle. If you are using an overworked public attorney and she has an elite, smooth talking lawyer your side cannot afford to be unprepared for such questions.\n\nI do feel for you. I want to tell a true story that I feel applies when it comes to grace under unjust circumstances. I know a pastor who lovingly was counciling a man who asked him for help. This guy was having a secret affair with the pastor's wife the whole time that this pastor poured his energies into being a help to him. It all came out when she got pregnant. The pastor wanted to save the marriage in spite of it. Instead, she began lying and demanded a divorce. This poor man lost his pastorate becauset he congregation didn't want a divorced man leading their church. Because he lost that job, he couldn't get full custod
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the total income of the household is revieewed and you could loose it if your spouse has a good income.  Uncle is careful not to give too much or you might be able to get a life.  Unless you want children marriage is only a piece of paper. Check things out before you make a mistake.
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Note: Specific language regarding inheritance division can be read in item #3 of the information found at this link.\n\n\nhttp://www.divorcenet.com/states/wisconsin/wi_faq03\n\n\nGood Luck!
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child support is not a magical number that the judge pulls out of his butt.  child support is based on the income of the mother, the income of the father etc.  the state has a chart and depending on what the father makes a figure is computed. in other words x+y=z.  unfortunately i see alot of cases come through my court where the father is the one 99% of the time paying child support.  and even worse the state does not factor in if the father has a mortgage, utilities, food expenses etc.  it sucks big!  i get so angry sometimes in court, but we have to maintain our proffessionalism.  and as soon as these women find out that the father has obtained a second job, they petition the court for more money because he has more income.  I had a case last week that was just absolutely insane.  the man was a capt. in the army and he was ordered to pay alimony, child support, and maintain the mortgage on the house that she got during the divorce and he no longer resides in.  in the end with all the money he was paying out to her, she ended up receiving more of his income than he did.  I have even had many men blatently tell the judge that they would rather go to jail than to pay.  I think in regards to reaching what amount he or she should pay, the state should take into considering what he/she pays out in living expenses and then factor child support. unfortunately the state feels that if you have to live under a bridge they don't care as long as they pay.  you can always repetition the court and present your case and see if they will lower his support amount.
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i think it depends on the state you're in. in my state the support cannot be changed simply because someone remarries. when someone asks the court to modify the child support, here in my state, they only take into account the amount the father and mother make - not the "household" income. try calling a local law library for the specific rules in your state.
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Most states use tables that base child support on the amount of each parents income.  As each parents income goes up, or promotions happen every couple of years it can be recalculated in many state.\n\nPresidential decrees are for issues much more serious than divorce court proceedings.