Child Support Lawyers in China

Child support should be modelled from the child’s reasonable needs, both parents’ financial capacity and the practical care arrangement rather than from a single percentage in isolation. The file should distinguish recurring living costs from education, medical, disability, childcare, housing, travel and exceptional expenses; identify income, benefits, business interests, assets, liabilities and in-kind care; and test payment frequency, currency, banking route, tax or exchange issues, security, proof of payment, adjustment and enforcement. Custody and contact questions should be coordinated with support but not treated as a licence to withhold either payment or contact.

Questions that change the route

What does the child reasonably need?

Prepare a supported budget for housing, food, clothing, education, childcare, healthcare, disability or special needs, activities, insurance, transport and cross-border travel, separating regular, annual and exceptional items.

What can each parent contribute?

Map salary, bonus, benefits, self-employment and company income, investment and rental returns, assets, debts, other dependants, direct care, housing and in-kind payments; test reliability where disclosed income differs from lifestyle, accounts or tax records.

How will the arrangement operate and change?

Specify amount, start date, frequency, currency, account, allocation of exceptional costs, invoices and reimbursement, arrears, security, indexation or review events, education or age endpoints, relocation, enforcement forum and modification procedure.

Evidence to organize first

• Child-by-child monthly and annual budget with contracts, invoices, receipts, school and medical material, insurance, travel, housing and special-needs evidence
• Both parents’ employment, compensation, tax, bank, platform, company, investment, property, debt, benefit and dependant records, plus evidence of direct care and in-kind contributions
• Existing agreement or order, payment and arrears ledger, bank proof and communications; proposed payment schedule, exceptional-expense protocol, security, review triggers, currency and cross-border enforcement plan

Official orientation sources: Civil Code — Marriage and Family Book · SPC Interpretation on the Marriage and Family Book (I). Source check: 8 October 2026.