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Originally Posted by Radically Red
So why is this never affected if the Mothers income goes up. Should this not also be taken into account.
Dads pay goes up. payments go up. Mothers pay goes up should this not bring Dads payments down?
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This is sort of built into the system via tradition.
Basically you have a chart, showing gross income and payments per month.
The feds put this out all the time.
If both parents work, and there are no other outside considerations,
then you would take the fathers income minus the mother's income
and have a value. Let's say it's $30,000. You would go across the
chart, find $30,000 and the number next to it is how much you would
pay per month.
So, yes, under this system, if the mother gets a raise, she gets
less.
If the mother makes more than the father, then she pays the father.
Note that IANAL, you should talk to your own about the legalities
and other issues surrounding this method. There are many other
methods out there.
ers
[edit] You can also find the amount that each would pay to the other,
and subtract the two. So if father would pay $600, and mother would
pay $400, then the father would pay the mother $200 to "equalize" it.