| Child Support and Paternity Upon completion of this chapter, the student will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of what child support guidelines are and why they are important in the award of child support. 2. Describe how the determination of child support to be paid has changed. 3. Discuss the factors that a judge can use to deviate from the child support guidelines. 4. Discuss the reasons that child support can be modified. 5. Understand why the establishment of paternity is required in some child support cases. 5. Describe when child support ends. |