How do I get Child Support and How Much Can I get?

You can get child support by filing a petition with the court. The court will consider several factors, such as the amount of time the child spends with each parent, the child’s financial needs, and the parents’ incomes. Once a child support order is in place, the paying parent must make the payments to the other parent.

The amount of child support you can get depends on a few factors:

• the number of children you have with the other parent,
• your income,
• the other parent’s income, and
• the kind of custody you have of the child (shared or not).

Child support in Louisiana is based on the need of the child or children and the ability of the other parent to pay child support.