Does who left the marriage affect child support? How is child support calculated if I earn $22,000 and my husband earns $85,000 and the kids spend equal time with each of us?

It absolutely does not matter why you separated. Child support is the right of the child. The conduct of the parents has nothing to do with it.

There are two components to child support: base support and section 7 expenses. Base support is based on the tables and the only factors to consider are income and number of children. In a shared custody situation (the kids share their time approximately equally between their parents), the starting point is that you pay base child support to him based on your income and he pays base support to you based on his income, but you set the two off against each other. The result is that he pays you $899 per month based on the numbers you gave. However, in a shared custody situation, particular facts can change that amount, but why or who left does not matter. For even more information.

You may also be entitled to receive contributions towards “special or extraordinary expenses” on top of base child support. This is a contribution towards things like daycare so you can work, medical expenses, special education expenses and expensive extracurricular activities. He may have to pay about 80% of those expenses too. For more information on that.

If he is self-employed, his child support obligation may be even higher.