With an impending divorce or paternity action, many parents have questions about how child support shall be ordered. Washington State family law lawyers deal with a wide variety of child support cases where child support is ordered under many circumstances and at varying levels. While consulting with one of the many competent Washington State family law lawyers is the only way to get reliable information on your case, a few general remarks may be helpful.

Under Washington State family law, lawyers can introduce circumstances that may affect child support orders. In Washington State, both parents are obligated to provide financial support to their child. Furthermore, the child will usually live with one parent most of the time and have reasonable visitation with the other parent. The court usually will order the non-custodial parent to make a transfer payment of support for the child to the custodial parent, and the custodial parent’s support payment is made by having to actually provide goods and services for the child. Washington State family law lawyers encounter some cases where the child lives an equal amount of time with each parent. In such cases child support payments are sometimes deemed to cancel each other out, but sometimes the court still determines that one parent shall be responsible for meeting actual expenses for the child and orders the other parent to pay child support. Much depends on the specific circumstances of each case and how well the parents cooperate in providing for their children.

The Washington State family law lawyers at McKinley Irvin have extensive experience in child support cases involving all manner of family arrangements and income levels. If you have questions about child support and think that you may have special circumstances that the court should consider, contact one of McKinley Irvin’s outstanding Washington State family law lawyers today and get some perspective on your case.