When getting a divorce, one key question on a client’s mind is how much one party will be ordered to pay in child support. Generally, child support is easy to calculate in advance. The State of Oregon has an online child support calculator, which takes into consideration each parent’s gross monthly income, the number of children each parent has, the cost for healthcare for the children, the monthly cost for childcare, and the number of overnights each parent has the children throughout the year. With these numbers, the calculator generates an amount of child support. This amount is presumed to be the correct amount of support. The Court does have the authority to deviate upwards or downwards from this amount, based on the circumstances of the case. However, in most circumstances, the number generated by the child support calculator is the amount ordered by the court at the conclusion of the case.
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