How is child support calculated in michigan
Michigan has Child Support Guidelines which consider both parent’s incomes, the number of children involved, and various custodial arrangements, such as “primary custody” and “joint/shared custody.” Support is based upon “primary custody” if one parent has the children the majority of the time while the other parent enjoys a given amount of parenting time. “Joint/shared custody” may be 50-50 if one parent has the children for 183 overnights and the other parent has 182 overnights. If time spent is not “50-50” then the joint custodial arrangement may be considered “shared economic responsibility” if one parent has 237 overnights and the other has 128 overnights per year. The amount of support varies greatly depending upon whether you have primary physical custody, joint “shared responsiblity” or joint “50-50” custody. Unfortunately, some parents seek joint custody solely to reduce the amount of their child support. The best reason is to reflect the actual amount of time the parent spend
