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Grant J. Gisondo, P.A. – Family Law Attorney

Child Support Calculations & Guidelines

Florida guidelines, income, allowable deductions, timesharing, childcare costs, health insurance, and medical expenses.

How Hidden Income Can Affect Child Support in Florida

Child support in Florida is calculated based on each parent’s income, but what happens when one parent is not being completely honest about how much they earn? Hidden or underreported income can significantly impact the outcome of a child support Florida case, often leading to unfair financial obligations. Understanding how hidden income...

Child Support Calculations… Are You Overpaying?

In Florida, child support is a mandatory requirement for all parents whether they are married to each other or not. Both parents are responsible for part of their minor children’s support and sometimes this support will be given to a third party legal guardian such as a grandparent. Additionally, child support cannot be made part of a pre o...

What is Income for The Calculation of Child Support and Alimony?

Child support and alimony are two of the most crucial decisions made during a dissolution of marriage (divorce). Child support can also be ordered if parents have never married each other or even lived together. Creating a child is the bottom line for child support. Whatever the circumstance for needing alimony or child support, there are con...

If I Have Equal (50/50) Timesharing, Is Child Support Still Calculated?

Over the past few years, in most states, parental timesharing has taken the place of ordering primary and secondary custody for minor children. Minor children are children from birth to l8 years, and any child past that age who is mentally or physically unable to provide for themselves. Having both parents involved in the care and nurturing o...

What is Income for the Purposes of Child Support (fla. stat 61.13)

Child support in Florida is mandatory, whether the parents have been married and are getting a divorce, have lived together and are separating, or have never lived together longer than to create a child. Family law in Florida is very conscientious regarding the care and nurturing of minor children and stands by the phrase "in the best interes...

Factors for the Calculation of Child Support

In the state of Florida, the awarding of child support is mandatory whether the parents have been married or even have lived together. When paternity is proven, a child is born during a marriage, ora child legally adopted, the issue of calculating child support will become a part of a dissolution of marriage (divorce), separation of parents, ...

All About Child Support Calculations

Divorce or the severing of a relationship where a child or children have resulted, is rarely easy or without dissension. One of the most frequently asked questions is how much Child Support Calculations will be awarded. This is a concern from both the standpoint of how much money one parent (this can be either the mother or the father and is ...