| Child support
will also terminate if the child dies, marries or becomes emancipated.
North Carolina does not require either spouse to pay for college.
If you pay child support and one of your children meets the criteria
for termination it is your responsibility to file a Motion to Terminate
Child Support. This form can be found at: www.nccourts.org.
The North Carolina Child Support Guidelines are
used to compute support. There are three worksheets that are used
in conjunction with computing child support:
1) Worksheet A- One parent has less than 123 over-nights
per year with the children. This is the most common Worksheet
used and a person who falls under this Worksheet will pay the
most amount of child support. If you have every other weekend
with the children, you will be a Worksheet A case.
2) Worksheet B- The parents share equal time with
the children or at least 123 over nights per year with the children.
Child support is much less under this worksheet than it is under
Worksheet A. This is known as a joint custody worksheet.
3) Worksheet C- Each parent has primary physical
custody of at least one child. This is known as a split custody
situation. For example, Mom has daughter every week and Dad has
son every week. The children alternate weekends at each home. |
