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JillM · Feb 7, 2010, 01:58 PM

I make more money than my son's father, will I be ordered to pay him child support if we go to court? I own a home, so does he. He has a criminal record, I do not. I only work 3 days a week, he works 5. He says if I take him to court, he will go after shared custody and will ask that I pay him child support. Our son is 14 months old.

Fr_Chuck · Feb 7, 2010, 05:40 PM

Ok, his having a criminal record has nothing to do with child support.

The rules of where you live ( if US what state) makes a difference, Here in Georgia, they take the number of days you have the child, and convert that to a percentage,

But at the end of it, if you have joint custody with each having equal time with child, and you make more money, at least in GA, yes you would end up paying child support.

I will give you an example, I had my son at least 2/3 of the time, but I made so much more than my ex, I still have to pay her even though she had the child less than 1/3 of the time.