Child Support Guidelines

In determining a parent's income for child support purposes, courts typically look at the parent's gross income from all sources. They then subtract certain obligatory deductions, like income taxes, Social Security, health care, and mandatory union dues.

We work out each parent's income percentage by dividing each income by the combined total.We subtract the cost percentage from the income percentage for each parent. We call this the child support percentage. The result will determine if a parent pays or gets child support.

The biggest factor in calculating child support is how much the parents earn. Some states consider both parents' income, but others consider only the income of the noncustodial parent. In most states, the percentage of time that each parent spends with the children is another important factor.

Deductions of child support are made after tax withheld deductions and formal salary sacrificing. This is before other deductions such as voluntary superannuation, health fund and loan repayments. Once you make a deduction from your employee's or contractor's pay, you're legally required to pay it to us.

If a paying parent has to pay child maintenance for one child, they must pay 12 percent of their gross weekly income. If a paying parent has to pay child maintenance for two children, they must pay 16 percent of their gross weekly income.

The flat percentage of the non-custodial parent's income that must be dedicated to child support is 25% percent for one child.

(referred to as the Guidelines or CSGW) The formula takes into account each party's gross (before tax) monthly income, any amounts paid for the child(ren)'s medical insurance, and child care expenses.The minimum child support under Hawaii law is currently $70.00 per child, per month.

The income that is used to determine child support is called your guideline income. In many cases, that is the person's gross annual income, either from line 150 of their last years' tax return, or based on their current year-to-date income. However, there are some cases when a different amount may be used.

CHILD SUPPORT BASED ON GROSS INCOME CSA advises parties that this is what the children would be entitled to if the two parents were still together. But they would only be entitled to a net amount if the two parents were still together.