Do You Need Help With Child Support In Minnesota?
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How Is Child Support Calculated In Minnesota?
Medical support is also ordered, such as medical and dental insurance premiums, co-pay and deductibles. Child care support is also divided between the parents. The Minnesota Department of Human Services provides a child support calculator for parents to use to assist them in calculating support. Several factors are involved in the calculations, including:
- Each parent’s gross monthly income (from all sources)
- How many children live in each parent’s home
- Any other child support orders for either parent
- Any spousal maintenance orders for either parent
- The amount of Social Security or veterans’ benefits paid to a joint child due to a parent’s disability or retirement
- The monthly cost for both medical and dental coverage
- The amount of child care costs
- The percentage, or amount, of parenting time awarded in a court order
Child support can be modified or changed if the circumstances of either parent or the children change. Changes in circumstances can include a change in income, the residence of the child or significant changes in the needs of a child, such as an illness requiring child medical support, among other things.
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At the law office of Terzich & Ort, LLP, our lawyers handle a wide range of divorce and family law matters for men and women throughout the 13-county metropolitan area in and around Minneapolis-St. Paul. Though we are a new firm, both of our attorneys have significant family law experience. Both have been lauded as “Rising Stars” by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine (each having received this designation every year since 2006), and attorney Jodi M. Terzich has been named a Minnesota “Super Lawyer” for 2009.
At Terzich & Ort, LLP, we recognize that finances play an important part in every family. We will do everything we can to make certain that the child support order fairly and equitably protects your interests.
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