How Much Could Child Support Be

My question involves child support in the State of: florida..

presently have 50/50 custody aggreement...have not had mediation yet...

my question is....I make more income than soon to be ex...she walked out of the family home which I would like to keep for the sake of whats left of the family

she said in the beginning that she does not want alimony...paperwork says otherwise
I am just stressed that they can make me pay child support and alimony and it could
get to a point that I will not be able to afford the mortgage...

not sure if that is a statement or question....sorry...

I haven't read your post hx - how long have you been married?

As far as CS goes, plug the numbers into the calculator:

http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/childsu...uidelines.html

married for 12 years...she moved out day aftter 12th anniversary...( btw...she gave me an anniversary card and a gift card to a restaurant I like the night before...shows how wacked she is )..... cs calulator asks who is custodial/non-custodial...how is that determined?....child spends 50/50 with each parent...but I am in the family home which is zoned for the school he has been going to since kindergarten were as the rental property she chose to rent is not far but not in his present school zone...

12 years might - MIGHT - entitle her to alimony.

Is there a huge difference in your respective salaries?

mine pretty much doubles her's.....also....don't know if this has anything to do with anything,,,but she has a live in boyfriend/roomate whom pays the rent and she pays the other household expenses...

Okay - are we talking 40k versus 20k?

(I'm going in a particular direction here :) )

maybe...55k versus 25k...roughly....

The court won't leave you penniless. You may end up paying alimony (perhaps a minimal amount), but if I were you I'd fight it tooth and nail. Mom is working, and that's going to help you.

Unfortunately (for you) her boyfriend's income won't factor in.

Unfortunately (for you) her boyfriend's income won't factor in. .


it's just the fact that if he is paying the rent...shouldn't that count as income or less expenses for her ?

Should it? Perhaps.

Will it? Nope.