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CHILD SUPPORT UNDER NEW YORK LAW
Child Support responsibility is based, in part, on the payer’s gross income. If you have certain deductions, your income for child support purposes is reduced or “adjusted.”
The court multiplies your “adjusted” gross income amount by the guideline percentage for the number of children for which you are ordered to pay. These percentages are:
- 17% for one child;
- 25% for two children;
- 29% for three children;
- 31% for four children, and
- at least 35% for five or more children.
In typically, a share of child care, medical, and educational expenses are added to the appropriate percentage and the resulting number is the basic child support amount.
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