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Unfair Child Support Calculation for Military Service Members

State Law should restrict presiding Judges from the addition of BAH, Cola and Special Pay while calculating Child.

Military base pay should be the only entitlement that Judges should be

allowed to consider for Child Support payments. Base Pay is the ONLY

entitlement that will remain idle and is the only amount that the Service

member really makes annually. BAH, Cola & BAS are non-taxable entitlements,

they are for the support of the service member's cost of living. By State

Law awarding Judges the jurisdiction to utilize BAH, Cola & BAS into child

support calculations, the courts are placing a tremendous amount of

remarried military families in financial hardship, poor credit situations

and divorce.

For example, living in an area that has a high cost of living requires

a large amount of BAH. Thus resulting in a high amount of child support due

to the courts adding in the entitlements. If a Service member pays for 3

children in the amount of $1,900.00 due to the courts adding in non-taxable

entitlements. That amount cancels out the funds that the service member was

allotted to support their families, forcing them to pay "out of pocket" from

their BASE PAY for rent, utilities, car notes, insurance, gas and child

care., leaving the Service member with little to nothing for saving and

daily usage. Please review the by-laws governing these authorization's and

help our Military Service members that fight for our Nation. Thank you