Property & Finances

a. General Information

No, the parties in this case have never received public assistance. Check this if neither parent has ever gotten help like welfare or food benefits from the government. 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 or food benefits. My gross monthly income is (insert amount): $ Enter the total money you make each month before taxes are taken out. unknown Check this only if you truly do not know your monthly income. The other parent's gross monthly income is (insert amount): $ Enter the total money the other parent makes each month before taxes. unknown Check this if you do not know how much the other parent earns each month. There is no community property to divide. Check this if you and your spouse own nothing together that needs to be split. Any community property has already been divided. Check this if you and your spouse already split up the things you owned together. I do not know the full extent of the community property. Check this if you are not sure about everything you and your spouse own together. The community property should be divided as follows: Check this if you want the court to split your shared property the way you list below. Property to Plaintiff: 1. List one item you (the person who filed) should keep, like a car or furniture. Property to Plaintiff: 2. List another item you should keep. Property to Plaintiff: 3. List another item you should keep. Property to Plaintiff: 4. List another item you should keep. Property to Defendant: 1. List one item your spouse should keep, like a car or furniture. Property to Defendant: 2. List another item your spouse should keep. Property to Defendant: 3. List another item your spouse should keep. Property to Defendant: 4. List another item your spouse should keep. There is no community debt to divide. Check this if you and your spouse have no shared debts to split. Any community debt has already been divided. Check this if you and your spouse already decided who pays which shared debts. I do not know the full extent of the community debt. Check this if you are not sure about all the debts you and your spouse share. The community debt should be divided as follows: Check this if you want the court to split your shared debts the way you list below. Debts to Plaintiff: 1. List one debt you (the person who filed) should pay, like a credit card or loan. Debts to Plaintiff: 2. List another debt you should pay. Debts to Plaintiff: 3. List another debt you should pay. Debts to Plaintiff: 4. List another debt you should pay. Debts to Defendant: 1. List one debt your spouse should pay, like a credit card or loan. Debts to Defendant: 2. List another debt your spouse should pay. Debts to Defendant: 3. List another debt your spouse should pay. Debts to Defendant: 4. List another debt your spouse should pay. No spousal support is requested. Check this box if no one is asking for monthly support payments from the other spouse. Plaintiff should pay $_______ per month in spousal support for the next (number) _______ years. Check this box if you (the person filing) will pay monthly support to the other spouse. Plaintiff should pay $ Enter the dollar amount you would pay each month for spousal support. for the next (number) _______ years. Enter how many years you would make these payments. Defendant should pay $_______ per month in spousal support for the next (number) _______ years. Check this box if the other spouse will pay monthly support to you. Defendant should pay $ Enter the dollar amount the other spouse would pay each month for spousal support. for the next (number) _______ years. Enter how many years the other spouse would make these payments. I believe the other parent makes $ Estimate how much the other parent earns each month before taxes. Include pay from work, social security, unemployment, pensions, and similar income. Gross Monthly Income (from above) $ Copy the other parent's monthly income amount you wrote above. You will use it to figure out the support amount.

b. Child Support

Regular Child Support: $ Multiply the other parent's income by the rate for your number of children, then write the result here. No. (skip to ②) Check this if the other parent makes $1995 or more each month. Yes. The court may use the low-income child support schedule instead. Check this if the other parent makes less than $1995 each month. The court may use a special low-income chart instead. Low Income Child Support: $ If the other parent earns less than $1995, look at the attached low-income chart and write the matching amount here. I make $ Write how much you earn each month before taxes. Include pay from work, social security, unemployment, pensions, and similar income. Gross Monthly Income (from above) $ Copy your monthly income amount you wrote above. You will use it to figure out the support amount. Regular Child Support: $ Multiply your income by the rate for your number of children, then write the result here. No. (skip to ③) Check this if you make $1995 or more each month. Yes. The court may use the low-income child support schedule instead. Check this if you make less than $1995 each month. The court may use a special low-income chart instead. Low Income Child Support: $ If you earn less than $1995, look at the attached low-income chart and write the matching amount here. Annual Income $ Enter the total amount of money you make from your job in one year before taxes are taken out. ÷ by 12 months = GMI Divide your yearly income by 12 to get your gross monthly income. Write that amount here. Biweekly Income $ Enter the amount you get paid every two weeks before taxes are taken out. X 26 pay periods per year Multiply your two-week pay by 26 because there are 26 of these pay periods in a year. Write the result here. ÷ by 12 months = GMI Divide the yearly total by 12 to find your gross monthly income. Write that amount here. Weekly Income $ Enter the amount you get paid each week before taxes are taken out. X 52 pay periods per year Multiply your weekly pay by 52 because there are 52 weeks in a year. Write the result here. ÷ by 12 months = GMI Divide the yearly total by 12 to find your gross monthly income. Write that amount here. Hourly Wage $ Enter how much money you make for one hour of work before taxes. # of hours worked per week Enter the number of hours you usually work in one week. Subtotal = hourly wage X # of hours per week Multiply your hourly wage by the hours you work each week. Write the total here. X 52 pay periods per year Multiply your weekly total by 52 because there are 52 weeks in a year. Write the result here. ÷ by 12 months = GMI Divide the yearly total by 12 to find your gross monthly income. Write that amount here.