What Happens When Non-Custodial Parents Say They Have Other Children to Support?

If the other parent already pays child support for children other than yours, that is not an excuse for not supporting your children. However, if there are prior orders requiring the other parent to pay support, and they are actually being paid by the other parent, the court deducts those payments from the other parent's gross income before applying the child support formula. The place for including this deduction is on the Child Support Guidelines Worksheet.