3. What
do we need to do to get child support?
It Takes Two
Child support is a two-parent responsibility. Whether you
are seeking payments or concerned about your obligation to pay, it is important
to know that both parents must financially support the child. In Wisconsin, a
court can order one or both parents to pay child support that’s reasonable or
necessary. Although the reasonableness of an amount will vary from family to
family, you can estimate how much a payment will be by using a set of
guidelines (explained below), but a court will have to approve the final
amount.
Typically, the parent with less than 50% of
physical custody is the one who has to make the payment. This does not mean
that the parent receiving the payment does not have to contribute. On the
contrary, the amount of support is based on an assumption that the parent with
majority custody is already paying for the care and support of the child.
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