Family
Oct. 16, 2024
Change in child support calculations overdue, lawyers say
Before SB 343 and its counterpart, AB 1755, took effect in September, the income bands used to calculate parents' total net disposable monthly income to be allocated as child support had been the same since 1992.
Recent updates to California child support calculations are long overdue and reflect today's economic realities, family law attorneys commented Tuesday about the first change to the guidelines in more than three decades.
"The new guidelines are much more equitable," commented Beverly Hills family law attorney Alphonse F. Provinziano. "For example, they now consider each parent's net income instead of their gross income, which is a better measure of how much...
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