Myth Busted: Increased Income and Child Support
I shouldn’t get a higher-paying job because the increase in income will go to my wife in child support, right? Hi, I’m Tulsa child support attorney Clint Hastings. I practice here in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I focus on fathers’ rights. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard that question. And it always surprises me or baffles me where they got this information that it would all just go to child support. Child support is based on the percentage of the combined incomes of the parties.
Then it comes up with a number that you pay in child support to the custodial parent if you’re the non-custodial parent. No matter what, if your income goes up, it is only going to increase your child support by a percentage of that increase in income. And sometimes it does not increase the overall amount of child support very much at all. So don’t turn down those promotions. Don’t seek a better job because you’re afraid it’ll just be taken for child support.
Understand the Calculation
Sometimes I think this is out of spite because we all feel that way sometimes. Like, you know, I’m not going to go out of my way to get this just to pay her. She’s not getting my money. And sometimes it’s just sort of a self-defeating feeling like it’s not worth it at all because what’s the point? But it doesn’t work that way. When you do the math, you are only paying a bump in the child support that’s a percentage of the increase you get in income. So I implore you to always do the calculations or talk to an Tulsa family law attorney before you make those assumptions.
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