Below you will find links to state-specific child support information and/or guidelines for determining child support payments, including calculators and enforcement information, where available. To suggest a resource for this page, please e-mail us. Alabama. Child Support (Morgan County Circuit Clerk)
http://family.findlaw.com/child-support/state-specific-child-support-information-and-guidelines.html
Often clients will ask their divorce lawyer what child support covers. Unfortunately, the legislature has not yet revisited the child support guidelines since they were enacted more than 20 years ago. And Illinois is not in the mainstream in terms of the guidelines we have chosen (not following the income shares model). Accordingly, there is a lack of clarity in Illinois regarding what child support covers. Practice differs often from county to county and from judge to judge.
http://www.experts123.com/q/what-does-child-support-cover-in-illinois.html
Illinois law refers to this financial responsibility as “non-minor support.”. While the Illinois statute governing non-minor support does not make it a mandatory requirement that parents contribute to their child’s college expenses, it has become customary for judges in Illinois to commonly order parents to do so.
http://cordellcordell.com/resources/illinois/forced-to-pay-for-your-childs-college/
There is a growing misconception among some that child support should only cover a child's bare necessities, such as food and clothing. In truth, child support is meant to cover a broad range of expenses, which may include school fees, entertainment, medical, and extracurricular activities, among other things.
http://family.findlaw.com/child-support/what-does-child-support-cover.html
Below is a listing of what child support may be used for: Basic Necessities -- Food, Clothing, Shelter. Obviously, children need food, proper clothing, and a safe and comfortable place to live. At a minimum, child support may be used to purchase groceries, snacks, beverages, and other food items.
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Child support may be used to pay for a child's extracurricular activities -- typically those that fall outside of regular school hours. This may include after-school programs/classes, summer camp, sports activities, clubs (for example, Girl Scouts), and other non-school related activities. College Expenses.
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I don't know of any websites. Child support does not usually stop with college - it usually covers four years of college or other training. What your particular situation covers is individual. Child support is a broad term that can cover whatever a court calls for. Extracurricular activities can also be requested to be covered.
https://www.lawguru.com/legal-questions/illinois-family-divorce-custody-adoption/child-support-cover-hoping-direct-987916097/
Addressing Non-Minor Support Through The Court. As with many issues in domestic relations cases in Illinois, the parties may agree on how they wish to allocate contribution of their child’s college expenses among the parents and child and submit this agreement to the court for approval.
http://cordellcordell.com/resources/illinois/forced-to-pay-for-your-childs-college/
Child Support. Whether you are a divorced parent or a never married parent of a minor child, your child has a legal right to receive child support from both parents. Under Illinois law, the non-custodial parent is required to pay child support to the custodial parent. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act provides guidelines to calculate support obligations as follows: one child: 20% of net income. two children: 28% of net income. three children: 32% of net income.
http://www.divorce-law-illinois.com/child_support.html
What does child support cover? The term child support covers all the economic necessities of life required by a child. These necessities include, but are not limited to, food, clothing, shelter, education, medical care, and other day-to-day expenses. One of the main issues that parents have problems agreeing upon when it comes to child support is what would be covered under the court order support obligation.
http://www.divorcesupport.com/divorce/What-does-child-support-cover--1147.html
what does child support cover in illinois
The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act provides guidelines to calculate support obligations as follows: one child: 20 percent of net income. Two children: 28 percent of net income. Three children: 32 percent of net income. The child support covers for one child 20% of net income, two children 28% of net income and for three children 32% of net income in Illinois.