Why must support be taken out of pay?
Federal and state laws require that support payments be withheld from income. This is true even if someone has never been behind in paymenHow are child support guidelines calculated to determine support?
Colorado uses the “income shares model,” which includes both parents’ income information to calculate the child support obligation. To compute Colorado child support guidelines, several worksheets and a chart are used.
How are payments handled if the noncustodial parent is paid weekly (or biweekly)?
The noncustodial parent may be paid weekly (or biweekly) and the court order may be set for monthly support. Parents who are paid weekly or biweekly may be under an income withholding order that tells the employer to take out some extra if the parent is paid weekly or biweekly (every two weeks or 26 times per year). This extra amount is to make up the difference in current support to meet the monthly amount set in the court order.
What happens when payments are received at the Family Support Registry (FSR)?
If a payment is received by the FSR on or after the first day of the month after the payment was due, it is treated as a payment for the next month and applied to the current support for the next month.
What happens when payments are received at the Family Support Registry (FSR)?
If a payment is received by the FSR on or after the first day of the month after the payment was due, it is treated as a payment for the next month and applied to the current support for the next month.
If payments are received by the FSR before the month in which the payment was due, it will be credited to the month before, but could possibly count as a prepayment for the month in which it was actually due if the earlier month’s current support amount due was fully satisfied. Support owed to the family is disbursed to the family the same day it is allocated and marked “prepay”; however, if the payment is for TANF reimbursement, it is put on hold and then disbursed as current support in the month for which it was intended.
The Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS), which handles active and retired military pay and some other federal pay, and Social Security Administration are exceptions, and payments received before the month in which the payments are due are treated as payments for the month in which they were due. So, if the 1st of the month falls on the weekend, and a noncustodial parent service member receives his/her pay from DFAS on Friday the 30th, the child support withheld will be credited for the month beginning on the 1st. (Note that this applies to electronic DFAS payments only and not for mailed payments.)
How can I get credit for money paid directly to the custodial parent?
Unless a judge gives you credit, direct payments are legally considered a gift. Paying through the Family Support Registry ensures that you receive credit for any payments made.