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New Jersey Child Support Payments<\/h1>\n
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Parents must provide for their children’s needs regardless of whether they’re together. In New Jersey, the non-custodial parent (NPC) usually pays child support<\/a> to the custodial parent. This is to meet the child’s needs, which include food, clothing, and health insurance.<\/p>\r\n

State law mandates that the New Jersey Family Support Payment Center<\/a> (NJFSPC) collect and process all child support payments<\/a>. Child support payments usually get deducted from the non-custodial parent’s paycheck. This makes it easier for the non-custodial parent to fulfill their child support obligation.<\/p>\r\n

Since the custodial parent usually takes care of the children, it’s important that they receive payments on a regular schedule.<\/p>\r\n

This article examines how the court determines child support payment amounts, what optional payment methods exist, and what the NJFSPC can and can’t do.<\/p>\r\n

New Jersey Child Support Payments: Who Pays and How Much<\/h2>\r\n

A New Jersey court order issues child support payment amounts. Calculating how much to pay<\/a> is complex and determined on a case-by-case basis. New Jersey offers a child support payment calculator online<\/a>, but this is only to determine an estimate of the NPC’s financial responsibility.<\/p>\r\n

One main determining factor is whether the case is sole parenting or shared parenting.<\/p>\r\n