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Child Support

All states have child support guidelines, which set forth how child support is to be determined. Massachusetts law requires parents to support their children until the child turns 18 or until they graduate from high school or is emancipated. More often, a parents obligation to support their children continues until the child is 21, if the child remains dependant on the custodial parent. Where a child is attends college full time, the obligation to support may continue until the age of 23. The support obligation can continue indefinitely for a disabled child.

Massachusetts is an income-shares formula state, which means that child support is calculated by examining the total family income and then apportioning the support obligation. Cases with combined family income in excess of $100,000.00 must be decided on a case by case basis.

Contact the Lowell, MA child custody and divorce attorneys at Berid & Schutzbank for a confidential consultation about your family law or divorce matter.