Bobby Brown is going to court to tell a judge that the lack of income should warrant a decrease in the amount of child support he pays to the mother of two of his children, Kim Ward. Currently, he pays her $5,500.
Bobby has a few other kids that he must not be paying child support for including his child with Whitney Houston. He will be in court June 24th to plead his case!
In Alabama, child support is figured using Guidelines set out in legislation. These guidelines can be deviated from for good cause shown and if approved by a Judge, but for the most part, they stick to the formula; it’s pretty cut and dry. This is done not only in the spirit of fairness and equity to keep everyone’s support balanced, but also because of the sheer volume of Domestic cases coming through the Court system. If a Judge had to figure out every situation differently, nothing would ever get done, so they make a set formula to ensure speedy calculation. This is done in numerous other jurisdictions as well. If one is curious about child support in Alabama, there are some up to date Alabama Child Support Calculator(s) out there that will give a pretty close approximation of what your support Order will look like.