One or both legal parents may be ordered by the Family Court to pay child support. This article has more information about who is a legal parent and paternity. Typically, one parent has to pay a certain amount of money to the parent the child lives with most of the time. If the child does not reside with either parent, both parents may be ordered to pay child support to the person the child lives with, like a grandparent or other relative.
Child support is all based on the child support formula. The amount of support depends on several things, such as the amount of time the child spends with each parent, the gross incomes of both parents, expenses for the child, and the number of children.