<p>Based on <a href=“http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide/app9f.pdf:”>http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide/app9f.pdf:</a></p>
<p>For a divorced/never married couple, when the combined income is $187,200 then the parents should jointly be providing $571/week for a child, however if the family income is greater than $187,200 annually then the court must add a discretionary amount of child support to the minimum basic award based on the factors specified in N.J.S.A. 2A:34</p>
<p>In those cases the $571 would be divided between the two parents based on income to determine what percentage the non-custodial parent would owe. So for a single parent to owe $600 in support they would need to earn somewhere in excess of $187,200/year and the other parent would need to have no income.</p>
<p>However in this case since it’s an intact family, the lawyer was probably arguing that if the total family income was higher than that amount, say $200,000/year then that’s what the parents needed to jointly provide.</p>
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<li>Not arguing that this would be right, just providing justification to how her lawyers computed the amount that she requested.</li>
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