P.S. Most states do not allow for Child Support for College Education. Only about 17 States do so.
We stopped that proposal in Louisiana back in, goodness, I think it was 2005.
It turned out that Rep. McVea’s sister’s child support of $5,000/month was set to expire. So he sought to change the law so that the support could continue PLUS COLLEGE EXPENSES.
Fortunately, he lost.
Since there is NO cap on the ‘extraordinary expenses’, these expenses can bring the order up to take all of the persons income as child support. Especially a low income person.
The Federal government says that a typical order on a low income person is typically 60% of net income.
The Feds also say that most of the arrears in child support orders are being accrued against people with income of less than $10,000/year.
How on earth can anyone live on $10,000.00 a year?
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