Connection between Child Support and Visitation The current law - TopicsExpress



          

Connection between Child Support and Visitation The current law views child support and visitation as two totally separate issues. Therefore, the payment history of the father should not be an issue at the visitation hearing. Likewise, the Court will not entertain the fathers complaints regarding his lack of visitation at child support hearings. When visitation is brought up by fathers during hearings, many interpret the Court to be uncaring; this is not necessarily true. The reality is that the issue of visitation is not before the Court on that day. However, if the father has a legal visitation order in which the child spends more than 109 overnights with the father (30% of the childs time), the father may request to have his child support obligation calculated differently using the Shared Parenting Worksheet. The use of this worksheet will result in a lower child support obligation each month because it takes into account the time spent with the father. A copy of the Shared Parenting Worksheet may be obtained at any regional DSS/CSE office. For the father, it is yet another incentive to formalize the visitation schedule through a legal visitation order. Source: SC Center For Fathers and Families
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:35:50 +0000

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