Child support

Dear dirtdart1991:

Greetings. In North Carolina, child support is calculated based on your gross income (including the BAS and BAH). If your pay decreases through no fault/effort of your own, then you can always apply to the court for a modification of your child support obligation. Best of luck.

Janet L. Fritts
Attorney with Rosen Divorce
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
RosenDivorce.com
919-787-6668

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How is child support calculated? I am in the military and I get base pay, basic allowance for subsequent (BAS), basic allowance for housing (BAH) and jump pay. If I get divorced I would have to move into the barracks and loose the BAS and partial of the BAH. If I was to leave Ft. Bragg I would loose the jump pay. Is child support calculated on just my base pay then or what?