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Most courts consider joint custody child support the same as they would with full custody child support. Courts issue the term joint custody to give men the feeling that they have a say in the child’s life, but the men will still pay the support.
Joint custody child support is often close to the same amount of what child support would be if the ex-wife had full custody. Most joint custody agreements have the same parenting time as if they were the non-custodial parent whose ex got full custody. The common joint custody child support agreement gives the father every other weekend, one night a week, and shared holidays. The primary home will be considered to be with the mother and you will pay child support. The courts now say that they favor joint custody with parents. However, they favor the term joint custody. The term means that both of the parents share decisions made for the best interest of the child. The courts always determine the primary home.
There are circumstances that would eliminate child support all together. This would depend on the state of the divorce and the parents. One circumstance for joint custody child support to be eliminated is if the parents share the child evenly and make exactly the same amount of money at their jobs. That would be considered a true joint custody agreement because the child would have both homes as his or her home and not a designated primary home. This rarely happens.
Another way that joint custody child support might be eliminated would be again depending on the state and if both parents agree that child support is not needed. Not all states will allow for a decision like this, but some states will allow the parents to decide that child support does not need to be paid.
Joint custody child support is determined by the amount of nights the child stays at each parents home. The more the child stays the night with dad, the less money that dad has to pay. This is important when you go to court in agreement with your spouse on joint custody.
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