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The Federal Child Support Guidelines:
Step-by-Step

You can use this sheet to record the results of your child support calculations from Worksheets 1, 2 and 3.

Write the amount of parent A's annual income from Worksheet 1, line 18 here:

_____________________

Write the amount of parent B's annual income from Worksheet 1, line 18 here:

_____________________

Calculate how much child support parent A would pay (for children in parent B's custody)

Write the basic amount of child support from the child support tables (or another amount if applicable) payable by parent A here:

a)______________________

Write the amount parent A has to contribute to special expenses here:

+ b)______________________

Add lines a and b to get the estimated total amount of child support payable each month by parent A.

= c)______________________

Calculate how much child support parent B would pay (for children in parent A's custody)

Write the basic amount of child support from the child support tables (or another amount if applicable) payable by parent B here:

a)______________________

Write the amount parent B has to contribute to special expenses here:

+ b)______________________

Add lines a and b to get the estimated total amount of child support payable each month by parent B.

= c)______________________

If claiming undue hardship (step 8) write parent A's income ratio here:

_____________________

Write parent B's income ratio here:

_____________________

Write which household has the lower income ratio (representing standard of living) here:

_____________________