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Child Support
Child support in Minnesota
is defined pursuant to the Minnesota Child Support Guidelines.
Normally, the parent who is granted primary physical custody
of the minor children receives child support from the other
parent. The amount of child support paid is based on the number
of children and the noncustodial parent's net monthly income.
A noncustodial
parent can also be ordered to contribute toward day care
expenses that the custodial parent incurs on a monthly basis.
The Courts use a formula to determine the appropriate
percentage of the monthly day care expense that a noncustodial
parent will be ordered to contribute.
Also, a noncustodial
parent can be ordered to provide health insurance
or to contribute toward
the health insurance costs incurred by the custodial parent
or the County. The amount of child support ordered may be
adjusted if the parents are granted joint physical custody or
in cases where the noncustodial parent and the custodial parent
share almost equal parenting
time. In those instances, the Court determines each parent's
child support obligation separately, reduces both of them based
on the percentage of parenting
time granted to each parent and then off-sets the remaining
amounts against each other to arrive at a figure that one parent
may be ordered to pay.
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