Raising a child is expensive. As the custodial parent, you have the right to receive support from your child’s other parent to assist in paying for the costs of caring for and raising your child.
At Venzon Law Firm PC, our attorneys have spent since 1984 helping custodial parents throughout Buffalo, Niagara Falls and all of Western New York obtain the financial assistance they need to support their children.
In New York, child support is determined by the Child Support Standards Act, which sets forth child support guidelines that take into consideration the combined parental income and the number of children each parent supports. However, judges have the power to deviate from this formula to increase or decrease the amount of support based on numerous factors, including:
Parents are responsible for other costs associated with raising their child, including health care, educational expenses and child care. At Venzon Law Firm PC, our attorneys also help clients modify and enforce their existing child support orders.
Children have the right to receive financial support from both parents until age 21 or longer. Parents may even be held legally responsible to pay for college. Parents cannot agree to relieve each other of support obligations because the right to receive financial support belongs to the child.
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