Property & Finances

a. General Information

No, the parties in this case have never received public assistance. Check this if no one in the case has ever gotten government help like welfare. Yes, one or more parties now receives or has received public assistance. Check this if you or the other parent now gets or has gotten government help like welfare. My gross monthly income is (insert amount): $ Enter the total money you earn each month before taxes or anything is taken out. unknown Check this only if you do not know your own monthly income. The other parent's gross monthly income is (insert amount): $ Enter the other parent's total monthly money before taxes, if you know it. unknown Check this if you do not know how much the other parent earns each month. I believe the other parent makes $______ per month Enter how much money the other parent earns before taxes each month. Add up pay from a job, Social Security, unemployment, pensions, and similar income. Gross Monthly Income (from above) $______ Copy the same monthly income amount you wrote for the other parent above. You will multiply this number to figure out their support.

b. Child Support

Regular Child Support: $______ Multiply the other parent's monthly income by the rate that matches your number of children. Write the result here. No. (skip to ②) Check this box if the other parent makes $1,995 or more each month. Then skip ahead to your own information. Yes. The court may use the low-income child support schedule instead. Check this box if the other parent makes less than $1,995 each month. The court may use a special low-income chart instead. Low Income Child Support: $______ If the other parent earns less than $1,995, look at the attached low-income chart and write the matching amount here. I make $______ per month Enter how much money you earn before taxes each month. Add up pay from a job, Social Security, unemployment, pensions, and similar income. Gross Monthly Income (from above) $______ Copy the same monthly income amount you wrote for yourself above. You will multiply this number to figure out your support. Regular Child Support: $______ Multiply your monthly income by the rate that matches your number of children. Write the result here. No. (skip to ③) Check this box if you make $1,995 or more each month. Then skip ahead to the next step. Yes. The court may use the low-income child support schedule instead. Check this box if you make less than $1,995 each month. The court may use a special low-income chart instead. Low Income Child Support: $______ If you earn less than $1,995, look at the attached low-income chart and write the matching amount here. Annual Income $ Write how much money you make in one full year before taxes are taken out. Use this section if you are paid a yearly salary. ÷ by 12 months = GMI $ Divide your yearly income by 12 to find what you make each month. This shows your gross monthly income. Biweekly Income $ Write how much you get paid every two weeks before taxes. Use this section if you get a paycheck every other week. X 26 pay periods per year Multiply your two-week pay by 26, since there are 26 two-week periods in a year. This gives your yearly total. ÷ by 12 months = GMI $ Divide the yearly total by 12 to find what you make each month. This shows your gross monthly income. Weekly Income $ Write how much you get paid each week before taxes. Use this section if you get a paycheck every week. X 52 pay periods per year Multiply your weekly pay by 52, since there are 52 weeks in a year. This gives your yearly total. ÷ by 12 months = GMI $ Divide the yearly total by 12 to find what you make each month. This shows your gross monthly income. Hourly Wage $ Write how much money you earn for each hour you work, before taxes. Use this section if you are paid by the hour. # of hours worked per week Write the number of hours you usually work in one week. This helps figure out your total pay. Subtotal = hourly wage X # of hours per week $ Multiply your hourly wage by the hours you work each week. This shows how much you make in one week. X 52 pay periods per year Multiply your weekly pay by 52, since there are 52 weeks in a year. This gives your yearly total. ÷ by 12 months = GMI $ Divide the yearly total by 12 to find what you make each month. This shows your gross monthly income.