Every parent has an obligation to financially support their child. When a relationship ends, this duty continues and you will need to decide who will pay for your child’s care, health insurance, school tuition, and other expenses. When you are a non-custodial parent, the court will order you to make child support payments that ensure your child’s welfare. Child support, is money paid to a child’s custodial parent to help cover the expenses associated with raising a child, such as food, childcare, sufficient housing and transportation, utilities, the child’s school supplies and personal items, and even the child’s enrichment through extracurricular activities and toys.