AZ Child Support

Hildebrand Law, P.C. has been successfully representing clients in AZ child support cases for more than sixteen years. We continuously review recent changes to Arizona child support statutes and the cases that help shape and interpret those child support statutes to ensure we are equipped with the most recent developments in Arizona child support laws to protect your child’s best interests.

AZ Child Support - What You Need To Know

Arizona child support orders are based upon the Arizona Child Support Guidelines. These guidelines, correspondingly, utilize an Income Shares Model approach to the calculation of child support. Child support calculated through the Arizona Child Support Guidelines is based upon a determination of the gross incomes of the parents, the number of children for whom child support is being paid, the cost of health insurance and day care for the children, and the relative parenting time spent by each of the parents with the children.

Arizona courts may also include other extracurricular expenses when calculating child support, such as fees and expenses related to sports, music lessons, and other extracurricular activities. The inclusion of these extracurricular expenses in the calculation of child support, however, is limited to special situations in which the parties’ child is determined to have an extraordinary talent for the particular extracurricular activity. Otherwise, expenses associated with a child’s participation in extracurricular activities is not included in Arizona child support orders and, instead, is an optional expense to be paid by a parent if he or she chooses to do so.

The Arizona Child Support Guidelines are essentially a mathematical formula. Those Guidelines, correspondingly, are not directly influenced by a parent’s actual living expenses; although a parent’s necessary living expenses were allegedly taken into consideration when the drafters of the Arizona Child Support Guidelines set limits on the basic child support amounts included in the Arizona Child Support Guidelines. Since Arizona child support calculations are based upon a mathematical formula, child support issues are typically resolved without the need for a trial. There are, however, some special circumstances that make the calculation of child support in Arizona more complicated, such as when one of the parents is self employed, in which a business evaluation may be necessary. It is important to be represented by an Arizona child support attorney who knows how to review and evaluate business financial statements, bank accounts records, and other financial information to accurately determine a self employed parent’s income.

The professionals at Hildebrand Law, P.C. provide practical and effective solutions for all of our clients in their AZ child support cases. If you are facing child support issues in Arizona, you deserve the peace of mind that comes with knowing your most precious assets are being guarded by a committed team who focus only upon Arizona family law cases.

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