If this document is too confusing, I have created a short-hand version that everyone can complete. It may not be exactly the amount the guidelines would calculate, however it is an easy method of calculating a reasonable "ballpark" figure. SHORT CUT
1.(A) Annual gross income from employment or,
when determined appropriate by the court or agency,
average annual gross income from employment over
a reasonable period of years ( exclude overtime and bonuses)
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother___________
1.(B) Amount of overtime and bonuses.
Year 3_____(3 years ago) Father__________Mother________
Year 2_____(2 years ago) Father__________Mother________
Year 1_____(1 year ago) Father__________Mother________
Include in Column I and/or Column II the average of
three years of the year 1 amount, whichever is less.
If there exists a reasonable expectation that the
total earning from overtime and/or bonuses during the
current calendar year will meet or exceed the amount that
is the lower of the average of the three years or the
year 1 amount. If, however, there exists a reasonable
expectation that the total earning from overtime/bonuses
during the calendar year will be less that the lower of the
average of the three years or year 1 amount, include only
the amount reasonably expected to be earned this year.
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother____________
2. Annual income from interest and dividends
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother____________
3. Annual income from unemployment compensation.
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother____________
4. Annual income from workers compensation or disability
insurance benefits. COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother____________
5. Other income (Identify)__________________________
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother____________
6. Total annual gross income (Add lines 1-5).............Father___________Mother_____________
7. Annual court-ordered support paid for other children.
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father__________Mother___________
8. Adjustment for minor children born to either parent
and another parent, which children are living with this
parent (number of children times federal income tax
exemption less child support received for the year,
not to exceed the federal tax exemption).
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother___________
9. Annual court-order spousal support paid
to a former spouse.
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother___________
10. Amount of local income taxes actually paid
or estimated to be paid.
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother___________
11. For self-employed individual, deduct 5.6% of
adjusted gross income or the actual marginal difference
between the actual rate paid by the self-employed
individual and the F.I.C.A. rate.
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother___________
12. For self-employed individual, deduct ordinary
and necessary business expenses.
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father___________Mother___________
13. Total gross income adjustments (add lines 7 -12).
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father____________Mother___________
14. Adjusted annual gross income.
(subtract line 13 from line 6).
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father____________Mother___________
15. Combined annual income that is the basis for
the child support order.
(add line 14, Columns I and Columns II together).
TOTAL____________
16. Percentage of parent's income to total income.
(A). Father (divide line 14, Column I by line 15 TOTAL) .
Father's Percentage_____________
(B). Mother (divide line 14, Column II by line 15 TOTAL).
Mother's Percentage____________
17. Basic combined child obligation (Read instructions below, then click.)
(In the first column of the schedule, locate the sum
that is nearest to the annual income listed in line 15,
of this worksheet, then refer to the column of the schedule
that corresponds to the number of children in this family.
TOTAL BASIC COMBINED SUPPORT
OBLIGATION TOTAL_____________
18. Annual child care expenses for the children who are
the subject of this order that are work, employment training,
or education related, as approved by the court of agency
(deduct the tax credit from annual cost, whether or not
claimed).
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father__________Mother____________
19. Marginal, out-of-pocket costs, necessary to provide for
health insurance for the children who are the subject of this
order.
COLUMN I.............COLUMN II
Father__________Mother____________
20. Total child care and medical expenses
( add lines 18 and 19, from the Father's Column I and Column II)
Father___________
( add lines 18 and 19, from the Father's Column I and Column II)
Mother____________
21. Combined annual child support obligation for this family.
(add lines 17 and 20, both Columns I and Columns II together)
TOTAL________________
22. Annual support obligation/parent.
(A). Father (multiply line 21 by percentage in line 16A.)
Father's Yearly Obligation___________
(B). Mother (multiply line 21 by percentage in line 16B.)
Mother's Yearly Obligation___________
23. Adjustment for actual expenses paid for annual child
care expenses and marginal out-of-pocket costs, necessary
to provide for health insurance ( enter number from line 18
or line 19 if applicable).
Father__________Mother___________
24. Actual annual obligation (subtract line 23
from line 22 A or 22 B).
Father__________Mother___________
25. Gross household income per party after exchange of
child support ( add lines 14 and 24 Column 1 or II for residential
parent or, in the case of shared parenting order, the parent to
whom child support will be paid; subtract line 24 Column 1 or II
from line 14 for parent who is not the residential parent or, in the
case of shared parenting order, the parent who will pay the
child support.
Father__________Mother___________
26. Comments, rebuttal or adjustment to correct figures in
lines 24, Column I and 24 Column II if they would be unjust
or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the
child or children (specific facts to support adjustments must be
included.)
__________________________________________________
27. Final Figure ( this amount reflects final annual child support
abligation). ___________________
28. For decree: child support per child per week or per month
( divide obligor's annual share, line 27, by 12 or 52 and by
the number of children).
___________________per week or per month
29. For deduction order: child support per pay period
( calculate support per pay period from figure on line 28)
plus appropriate poundage. _________________
