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Calculating Child Support: Tips for Parents in Baton Rouge

Calculator Whether you live in Ascension Parish or East Baton Rouge Parish – whether you are a man or a woman – if you are divorcing with children you are worried about child support. You may have questions about calculating child support. How much will your child support payment be? If your spouse does not work, will he or she have to share in the expense of raising the children anyway?

Understanding the answers to these questions is a little easier if you remember that whether you make or receive the child support payment, the money is for your children’s benefit. For that reason, the forms that you and your lawyer will use to calculate the child support include both parents’ incomes, not just the income of the parent who does not have the most custody.

Even if one spouse does not work or has quit her job to avoid paying support, income will be attributed to her based on her work experience and work capacity. Because courts use those forms to calculate what you owe or will receive, it is extremely important that you provide your lawyer with all of the earnings information that he requests as soon as possible. Providing your lawyer with complete and accurate information is the key to a fair child support result.

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My journey with Mr. Cosenza began nearly 3 years ago when I contacted him about divorce proceedings. During our initial consultation he told me exactly what to expect and we discussed cost, which I thought reasonable. After retaining him as my attorney and finalizing my divorce, things became fairly intense during the negotiation of the property settlement; yet he was relentless and tenacious. In the end, we prevailed victorious and everything came together perfectly. Attorney Cosenza always responded in a timely manner to my many calls, emails and texts. He gave clear, detailed, rational explanations of what I could expect. His work on my case has been life changing, in the best way possible. I am forever in his debt.
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