# Child Support Income

**URL:** <https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-income/8557>\
**Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\
**Created:** [August 11, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-income/8557 "2009-08-11T17:11:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Shepherd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Shepherd](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Shepherd)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-income/8557/1 "2009-08-11T17:11:42Z")

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Ex-Wife and I have an unwritten Child Support agreement. Since we agreed on the amount, I have switched job and kept the same salary but lost my bonus. She switched jobs and is now Full time. Both happened within the last 6 months.  
How will DSS look at our incomes if I decide to have the state mandate child support?  
Will they look at my old income or new income…her old or new income?

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**Author:** ![Erin\_Clarey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@Erin\_Clarey](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Erin_Clarey)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-income/8557/2 "2009-08-11T17:57:19Z")

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Your present incomes will be used to calculate child support. There is a child support calculator on this website which you may use to get an estimate of what support will be based on your new incomes.