Child Support Guidelines Worksheet

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Use this worksheet to calculate the presumptive amount of child support to be ordered by the Court. Do not file this worksheet with the court. Click the above link to create the official court form. Fill in income, deductions, and number of children. Enter amounts as dollars per week, rounded to the nearest dollar.

Enter the following information (do not use commas in fields requiring numeric values) and view results below:

Enter docket number
Enter name of Plaintiff
Enter name of Defendant
Enter name of Preparer
Enter preparation date

1. INCOME

		Recipient		Payor
a. Enter gross weekly income	$		$
b. Minus Child Care cost paid	- $		$
c. Minus Health Insurance cost paid	- $		$
d. Minus Dental/Vision cost paid	- $		$
e. Minus Other Support Obligations paid	- $		$
f. Available Income	= $		$

g. Combined Available Income Recipient 1f + Payor 1f

= $

2. CHILD SUPPORT CALCULATION

a. Combined support amount for one child (From Table A)

b. Adjustment for number of children covered
by this order (From Table B)

# of children

c. Combined support amount 2(a) x 2(b)

= $

d. Recipient's % of combined income Recipient 1(f) ÷ 1(g)

e. Minus Recipient's share of combined support amount 2(c) x 2(d)

- $

f. Payor's proportional weekly support amount 2(c) - 2(e)

= $

g. Weekly support amount as % of Rec. income 2(f) ÷ Rec. 1(f)

h. Payor's final weekly support amount¹
If 2(g) is 10% or more, then enter 2(f) here.
Otherwise, enter the lessor of 2(f) OR (10% + 2(g)) x Payor 1(f)

= $

¹Minimum and Maximum Levels:

These guidelines are also intended to protect a minimum subsistence level for those parents obligated to pay child support whose income is less than $100 per week. However, it is the obligation of all parents to contribute to the support of their children. To that end, in all cases, a minimum order of $80 per month ($18.46 per week) should enter. This minimum should not be construed as limiting the Court's discretion to set a higher or lower order, should circumstances warrant, as a deviation from the guidelines.

These guidelines are not meant to apply where the combined annual gross income of the parties exceeds $250,000. In cases where income exceeds this limit, the Court should consider the award of support at the $250,000 level as the minimum presumptive order. Additional amounts of child support may be awarded in the Court's discretion.

To convert annual or monthly amounts to weekly ones, or vice versa, simply type the amount to be converted in the appropriate box below, press TAB, then type the result in the applicable field in the table. Amounts in Table and in Worksheet are rounded off to the nearest dollar.