Child support is money one parent pays the other for the purpose of providing financial support to a child or children. Usually, the non-custodial parent pays the custodial parent child support, but it depends on the parents' income. Child support typically covers the following expenses:
Child health insurance and medical costs;
Educational expenses; and
Childcare.
New York courts may add additional obligations to basic child support payments.
Child support payments end at age twenty-one unless there is another agreement between the parents or the court suspends or terminates the obligation due to:
Emancipation of the child;
Marriage of the child; or
Entry of the child into the armed services.