The Court will determine the minimum amount of support by using the following guidelines: for 1 child, 20% of the supporting party’s net income; for 2 children, 28% of the supporting party’s net income; for 3 children, 32% of the supporting party’s net income; for 4 children, 40% of the supporting party’s net income; for 5 children, 45% of the supporting party’s net income; for 6 or more children, 50% of the supporting party’s net income.
The Court will follow these guidelines unless the Court finds the guidelines would be inappropriate after considering the needs and resources of the children and parents.
“Net income" is defined as the total of all income from all sources, minus deductions for Federal income tax, State income tax, Social Security (FICA payments), mandatory retirement contributions required by law or as a condition of employment, union dues, Dependent and individual health/hospitalization insurance premiums, prior obligations of support or maintenance actually paid pursuant to a court order; expenditures for repayment of debts that represent reasonable and necessary expenses for the production of income, medical expenditures necessary to preserve life or health, reasonable expenditures for the benefit of the child and the other parent, and foster care payments paid by the Department of Children and Family Services for providing licensed foster care to a foster child.
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