Child Support Question

[ollie 4 iowa]

Is anyone familiar with current Iowa Child Support Recovery rules/regulations? Question I have: Both of the said child's parents currently make approx same amount monthly. Non-custodial parent is paying approx $400 monthly support for child. Both of the child's parents have remarried and the custodial parent is going to stop working to be a stay at home parent. Question: will non-custodial parents CS go up? Does it stay the same? Does Child Support Recovery go by 'potential' income that Custodial parent would be making?

[nolookpass]

Is anyone familiar with current Iowa Child Support Recovery rules/regulations? Question I have: Both of the said child's parents currently make approx same amount monthly. Non-custodial parent is paying approx $400 monthly support for child. Both of the child's parents have remarried and the custodial parent is going to stop working to be a stay at home parent. Question: will non-custodial parents CS go up? Does it stay the same? Does Child Support Recovery go by 'potential' income that Custodial parent would be making?

bend over.

[blacklespaul]

Please wait for Mrs. G's response, she knows how to maximize CS revenue.

[HawkeyeJonesEsq]

Most likely it will not automatically change at all until one of the parties makes a motion.

In Minnesota if one of the parties makes the voluntary choice to quit working it should not have an adverse effect on the amount the other party pays. If anything it may bring down the amount NCP pays because child support is determined here by combining both incomes and figuring that if the parties were together they would spend $X on the child. They then divide that number by the ratio that each parent is making. If one of the parties is voluntarily underemployed the court will normally impute income at their old wage or lower.

[Mr. Hawk]

In Iowa the support level is heavily weighted to the payor's income, and is less dependent on the payee's income.

[Gushawk]

I wonder if that impacts the rate at which men seek full or part-custody in Iowa, as opposed to just visitation rights. I also wonder whether it's good or bad for kids...on a variety of levels.

[Mr. Hawk]

I wonder if that impacts the rate at which men seek full or part-custody in Iowa,What you actually mean is physical care, not custody (but most people make this mistake), and yes, it makes more men request shared-care.

[Costanza]

In Iowa the support level is heavily weighted to the payor's income, and is less dependent on the payee's income.

This is my experience.

[ollie 4 iowa]

I was told by 3 different lawyers in Des Moines that it is much easier in Polk County for the woman to get primary physical custody than it is in the other 98 counties. Mainly because of the volume of cases that go through the court systems in Polk county. My dad is a small town lawyer in eastern Iowa and he sees very few cases that do not have joint physical care of the kids. Just a difference is judges I guess & amount of cases they handle. In my opinion, I think the joint physical is the best. Keeping a relationship w/ both parents is great for the child.

[coff]

I wonder if that impacts the rate at which men seek full or part-custody in Iowa,What you actually mean is physical care, not custody (but most people make this mistake), and yes, it makes more men request shared-care.


The same is true in MO. Custody fights are more often than not battles over child support rather than custody.

[jabberja]

I was told by 3 different lawyers in Des Moines that it is much easier in Polk County for the woman to get primary physical custody than it is in the other 98 counties. Mainly because of the volume of cases that go through the court systems in Polk county. My dad is a small town lawyer in eastern Iowa and he sees very few cases that do not have joint physical care of the kids. Just a difference is judges I guess & amount of cases they handle. In my opinion, I think the joint physical is the best. Keeping a relationship w/ both parents is great for the child.

In Polk County, very few divorce/custody cases are decided by judges. They have "mandatory mediation" in all cases related to custody, physical care, and visitation. When clients are paying a lawyer in excess of $200/hour and a mediator around $150/hour, they often figure out a way to settle.

[Perham1]

I blame the gays for all this divorce mess.

They've ruined the sanctity of marriage.