The primary purpose of child support is to ensure that both parents continue to provide financial support for their child, even after they are no longer living together.

The child's relationship with each parent is not typically considered when determining the amount of child support. The focus is on the financial needs of the child and the ability of the parents to provide for those needs.

The most common type of child support order is a percentage of the non-custodial parent's income. This ensures that the child support payments are adjusted automatically as the non-custodial parent's income changes.

The purpose of a child support enforcement order is to ensure that the non-custodial parent complies with the child support order. This may involve garnishing the non-custodial parent's wages, placing a lien on their property, or suspending their driver's license.

Mediation is often the best way to resolve a dispute over child support because it allows the parents to work together to come up with a solution that is fair to both of them and to the child.