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The Child Support Standard provides guidelines to Wisconsin courts for setting amounts for child support and medical support. The Standard offers instructions for establishing equitable child support amounts.
The serial-family parent worksheet may be used to estimate a parent’s income available for support. The formula for high-income payers are. The guidelines for the first $7,000/month of income are: 17% of income for 1 child. 25% of income for 2 children. 29% of income for 3 children.
High-income payers. If the paying parent earns an income of more than $7,000/month ($84,000/year), the court may use the high- income payer guidelines. the Percentage Standard on will determine support for the first $7,000/month ($84,000/year) of income.
This chapter applies to any petition for a temporary or final order for child support of a marital or nonmarital child in an action affecting a family under ch. 767, Stats., any stipulated child support settlement under s. 767.34, Stats., or any revision of judgment under s. 767.59, Stats.
do not meet the code’s criteria for use of the high- or low-income guidelines, the child support order amount is set based on a percentage of the paying parent’s income that starts at 17% of gross income for one child, and goes up to 34% for five or more children.
• Child Support orders must be based on earnings, income, or other evidence of ability to pay • Guidelines must incorporate a low -income adjustment • Requires states to meet evidentiary standards for establishing orders and imputing income
The current report. updates past work and provides new information about cases with imputed income orders (orders. 1Wisconsin’s guidelines are issued as Chapter DCF 150 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
