The Federal Child Support Guidelines:
Step-by-Step

Child Support Amount Record—sole custody arrangement

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

Write the paying parent's annual income from Worksheet 1, line 18 here:

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

a)

Write the amount the paying parent 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 the paying parent:

= c)

If claiming undue hardship (step 8)

Write the income ratio for parent A's household here:

Write the income ratio for parent B's household here:

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