Child Support and Visitation are Unrelated

Many parents in Nevada think that the amount of child support gets adjusted to account for time the child spends with the non-custodial parent. After all, they reason, when the child is with that parent, he or she is in charge of meeting the child's needs. They reason that if the non-custodial parent has the child for an entire week in the summer, there shouldn't be any child support being paid for that week.

These assumptions are wrong. It doesn't matter if the non-custodial parent spends one day, or the whole week with the child: child support is not affected.

Child support is a set amount that only fluctuates when it is increased or decreased by court order. The amount of time each of you spends with your child does not affect it.

The way you share medical, educational, and other expenses also does not change based on your parenting schedule, and if you are the one that takes your child to the doctor and the other parent is the one who is responsible for medical costs, he or she should reimburse you for the expense.

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