Child Support

NC Child Support

What is the difference between prospective and retroactive child support?

There are generally two temporal types of child support that a court can address in North Carolina: prospective and retroactive. Prospective child support is support for the time since the filing of the claim forward. Retroactive child support is support for the period of time before the filing of the claim, limited to three years. …

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How does the court calculate retroactive child support in North Carolina?

Over the last 25 years or so there has been considerable confusion as to how retroactive child support should be calculated. Why the confusion? A brief history When the North Carolina Supreme Court first recognized an action for retroactive child support in 1976, the Court clearly indicated that a custodial parent could be reimbursed by the non-custodial parent …

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