Calculator and Payment for all US States.

Most people understand what is meant by child support. Simply put, child support law says that the parents of a child or children are under a legal obligation to contribute to the maintence, education and support (i.e. "economic support") of the child or children. What many women don't know is: How is child support calculated; How does child support payment collection and enforcement work; and how do you contact child support services?

Child Support Calculation

Uniform child support legislation means that there may not be a huge difference between say Texas child support and California child support. However, below you will find links to a Child Support Guidelines Calculator for each US State in any case, as offered by AllLaw.com. Just click on your State and then fill out the details. The results provided by the child support calculator are estimates which are constructed around the information you provide. ..so be as accurate as you can so you get a good idea of what your support order will be.

Child Support Guidelines Calculators For All US States

Child Support Services

In the United States there are Child Support Services in the various States as well as a Federal Child Support Agency. You'll find them in the telephone directory or through a quick search on the Internet (For example, just type in "texas child support services").

Child Support Payment Collection and Enforcement

Basically, the government assesses the amount of the child support payment and is responsible for child support collection and child support enforcement. Legislation allows for a wide range of collection methods ranging from the deduction of child support from your husband's wage, directly by his employer; seizure of tax refund checks to the forced sale of property.

In other parts of the world (e.g. Australia), child support law is administered solely by the Federal Government and failure to meet a child support assessment creates a debt, not to the other parent but to the government itself!