Are "In-Kind" Items Considered Income for Child Support Purposes?
Breaking with every other state that has considered the issue, the New Hampshire Supreme Court recently held that employer-provided housing, vehicle, and receipt of other in-kind benefits were not includable in "gross income" under its child support guidelines for purposes of calculating a child support obligation. The Court found that since these benefits were not paid in money, they did not share one of the primary attributes of items listed as "gross income" in the guidelines. The receipt of such items may be considered as the special circumstances and be sufficient cause for deviation. You can download a copy of In re Clark by clicking HERE.
question, in the state of south carolina if a father is paying child support is wanting to give up his rights to a child does he still have to pay child support after giving up his rights??? What are the steps and procedures to doing this???