arizona: I am already paying 700 a month for two kids in Texas, and Arizona just ordered me to pay 700 a month for one kid. I only take home about 400 a week. Is this legal? I thought guide lines stated no more than half of my take home pay?|||You can contest it in court. But generally there is a baseline amount that the state government decided is enough for a person to lie off of each month. They will take as much money up to this point.|||2 states; 2 families; 2 garnishments. Go back to CYS and see; but odds are it's legal. They gotta eat.|||This is kind of confusing how you stated this...are you paying a total of 1400 a month? The way states work is supposed to be decided on your pay that you show them in court. If you do not go to court they can make you pay what they see fit. My fiancee was not informed of his court case in Mo. when he was in Fl. and he couldn't make it. They had his current employer listed as a place making $400 a week also but they decided to use his former employer where he was making double that. So, they deemed his child support to be $700 a month when he was only making $1200 a month. The only way for him to change this is to go back to Mo. and ask for a review of it. They are very hard to deal with as they think that if a man appeals they are assumed to be a "deadbeat" not wanting to pay for their child(ren). Even though that is not the case but they see it that way. Even though my fiancee has proved to them and they know the paperwork states his employment at the time of the case they still decided to use the former employer from 8 months before the hearing. If you want to fight this you may need a lawyer or if at all possible go back to court. They will continue to screw you until you do so. All states are basically the same and they can take half of your take home pay. If you ask me it is BS but they can do it. Call your legal aid office or see if you can get a pro-bono lawyer to help you fight this otherwise you will continue to be screwed. Good Luck!!|||I am in Oklahoma so our laws for child support may be different, but Child support enforcement here say that if a non-custodial parent does not have a spouse they support, CSE can order 50% of your monthly income to be withheld to fulfill the obligation, 55% if back support is owed. Those numbers drop to 45% and 50% if you do have a spouse. If you are married, they usually take into account your spouse's income. Reasoning being, that it "somehow" leaves more of your income available for Child Support.