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The court estimates that the cost of raising one child is $1,000 a month. The non-custodial parent's income is 66.6% of the parent's total combined income. Therefore, the non-custodial parent pays $666 per month in child support, or 66.6% of the total child support obligation.

CSED can suspend the paying parent's driver's license, recreational hunting license, and professional or occupational licenses if the parent has arrearages totaling six months or more. CSED can intercept the paying parent's state tax returns and apply them to any arrearages.

Child support payments terminate when the child becomes emancipated, when the child graduate from high school, or turns 19, whichever occurs later. Parents may extend child support for a longer period by written agreement. A court may order payments for a longer period of time based on the child's needs.

The Montana statute of limitations on enforcement of child support is 10 years from the date of payment due for debt accrued prior to 10/1/1993; 10 years after termination of obligation for payments due after 10/1/1993.

Montana Child Support Law Summary Montana's child support formula directly accounts for parents who share custody of a child, and support payment amounts are connected to the custody split. Other special situations accounted for under Montana's child support law include childcare costs and extraordinary medical costs.

The three basic principles of the Melson formula are 1) parents are entitled to sufficient income to meet their basic needs; 2) parents shouldn't be permitted to retain more income than required to meet their basic needs; and 3) the child(ren) are entitled to share in any additional income and benefit from a ...