STRDLaw Child Support Calculator Arrives

Estimate The Amount Of Child Support That May Be Ordered In Your Case

Hello, this Stephen ES Daray.

I am happy to announce that we have added to the Schoonover, Rosenthal Thurman & Daray website the SRTDLaw Ohio Child Support Calculator.   We did this because there simply is not any other local websites that have any type of child support calculator.  Our website is different from the rest in that we wrote all the information contained in this website.  We did this and provided as much information as we have because we want you to be educated.  An educated client leads to effective representation and successful results.  As with all the individual topic pages, this is yet another tool provided by Schoonover, Rosenthal Thurman & Daray to help guide you through a divorce.    

The concept of child support is a wide issue with multiple components.  The court needs to first determine custody (look at those pages).  Then it needs to allocate child support.  The parties’ incomes must to be determined before anything else.  If a party refuses to work or has not worked, then an amount of income may be imputed to them.  Thereafter the court needs to determine if there is any reason to deviate from the guidelines recommended amount.  The heart of any child support fight is amount of income and whether a deviation applies.  Courts are generally inclined to put in place support orders even under shared parenting plan where parties have relatively equally time with the kids and relatively equal income.  

Use the free SRTDlaw Ohio Child Support Calculator to start the process of budgeting for the future.  It will give a basic snapshot of how child support may be calculated under Ohio law taking into account your finances. 

Our calculator cannot be used for any court pleadings because it does not provide for any calculation of “Cash Medical Support”  In Ohio, we have a child support provision in our law called “Cash Medical Support” that requires parties to a child support order to provide two calculations to the court.  The first is a support order if the parties have private health insurance for the children and the other is a calculation if the parties did not have private health insurance.  Thereafter, if the parties do not have private health insurance a separate amount is calculated to be paid toward medical expenses or as reimbursement to the state for providing health insurance for the children.  That must be included in any court paperwork and you can’t get that information here.

  

When, you get to the page, simply click on the SRTDlaw Ohio Child Support Calculator icon.  Take your time and try and give as accurate information as you can to achieve the best snapshot. Sometimes you don’t have all the information in front of you.  In that case, feel free to run as many calculations as you like if you need to guess as to some of the information.  When you have completed the form, click on the calculate button to get an estimate of the amount of child support that the non-custodial parent will have to pay to the custodial parent in Ohio.  It is a step toward being the most educated you can be.

Please remember that these calculators are for informational and educational purposes only.  The amount of child support a court will order for any particular case may be different from the amount estimated by the calculator. Please note than an individual's actual obligation can only be established by court or administrative order in accordance with the laws of Ohio.

At Schoonover, Rosenthal Thurman & Daray, we focus our practice on helping clients through the difficult process of divorce and family law.. Visit SRT&D Law at www.srtdlaw.com or call 216.589.9600 for a consultation.

Divorce: Where Do I Begin?

Hello, this Stehen ES Daray and this is my first blog posting.  I thought nothing could be more appropriate than to copy from our website the single most important article of the over 20 topic pages.  It’s the “I Don’t Know Where To Begin” page because that is the single most often asked question I get.  Divorce can be overwhelming.  When faced with the totality of the change that will be forthcoming may make you want to curl up into a ball and climb under a rock.   It is a natural feeling but please remember that the rest of the world goes on.  Millions of families experience the pain of divorce.  When life altering events happen to you, you cannot play “ostrich” and bury your head in the sand hoping the problem goes away.   It won’t.  So rather than get overwhelmed, get educated.  One way to do that is to read our website.  We are divorce lawyers who spent the time to write it, and reading it is FREE.

In the coming months, I will post additional blogs (hopefully once per month but depending on my trial schedule).   The goal in those future blogs will be to present different topics or real life examples of how the system does and does not work.   Also, please be warned that the author of the blog (Stephen ES Daray) will get more sarcastic as time goes on.

Thus, to start this blog somewhere, I am pleased to have you read:
 

“DON’T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN?”
 

 “Don’t Know Where to Begin?” is provided by Schoonover, Rosenthal Thurman & Daray to be your first step in gaining information in the area of divorce law.  Schoonover, Rosenthal Thurman & Daray represents many people going through divorce, but also those who have never been married to the parent of their child.  The same basic principles apply in all child custody and child support cases, however there are differences in law between Juvenile Court (where unmarried parents litigate the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities) and Domestic Relations Court (where married couples litigate the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities).

Whether you are contemplating divorce or your spouse has just approached you indicating their desire to terminate your marriage, it is nothing short of life altering.  Your thoughts might be racing around in your head so fast it seems that you can’t get a handle on the whole picture.  Relax.  Take the time to educate yourself.  What does that mean?  First, read the www.srtdlaw.com website.  It has lots of information and is free.  It does not contain all of the answers; but it will assist to jump start the process for you.  First, you need to identify the issues that apply to your situation.   The website will assist in identifying the issues particular to your situation, so that you know the right questions to be asking a lawyer, your spouse, and yourself about this process.  Qualified lawyers (like us because all other lawyers are a disgrace) can provide different scenarios of what could happen.  Please remember that we are attorneys, not fortune tellers.  Had we been blessed with fortune telling skills, we would be living in Vegas.  By taking the time now and doing the research, it will provide you the knowledge necessary to make the right decision for you and for your family.
 

Secondly, see a lawyer (either great lawyers like us or some hack if you so desire) and get a layout of the different ways YOUR situation might go.   The sooner the better.   Even if you desperately want to reconcile, then your really should do a detailed consultation and get a lay of the land.  It is OKAY to do a consultation while wanting to save your marriage.  You know what it is called???  It called covering all your bases. 

There are many legitimate reasons why people no longer believe they should be married to their spouse.  Consequences, both financial and emotional come with ending a marriage, but the ultimate goal is to find a level of happiness that they did not have previously.  Having worked on thousands of family law matters, the experience of the attorneys at Schoonover, Rosenthal Thurman & Daray demonstrate that this does not happen overnight or in the blink of an eye.  It just may take time to get there but we can assist you in getting there.

You need to first become familiar with and learn about the process of terminating a marriage (or establishing parental rights if not married).  Look at the two theoretical approaches of how to terminate a marriage. Litigation is when you need a court to resolve your differences and Collaboration is when you don’t need a court to resolve your differences.  Read those sections first.  There are an extraordinary amount of different facets of an individual’s makeup, and each will influence the approach will work best for you.   It is different for everybody.

The next step should be to look over the list of individual topic points and see which ones apply to you and your situation.  Once you have decided that legal help is needed, please contact us via email or telephone.   If you know your course of action, then we can discuss representation with one of our qualified attorneys.  If you still don’t know, please contact Schoonover, Rosenthal Thurman & Daray for a consultation.  We can lay out the different options of how to proceed.

The hope is that this website helps you as you begin this emotional and difficult process.  At Schoonover, Rosenthal Thurman & Daray, we focus our practice on helping clients through this legal jungle. Visit SRT&D Law at www.srtdlaw.com or call 216.589.9600 for a consultation.