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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.
The child support standard determines the minimum amount each parent is expected to contribute to the support of their children. It expects that the custodial parent shares income directly with their children. It also presumes that the basic needs of the children are being met.
• 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 guidelines on determining the child support obligation of a high-income payer will continue to apply. Summary of Factual Data and Analytical Methodologies
If the paying parent's income for child support is more than $84,000/year, the court may use the high-income payer guidelines. The Child Support Standard will determine support for the first $84,000 of income. A second set of guidelines are applied to the income between $84,000 and $150,000/year.
The formula for determining variable child support costs for shared placement between parents will change July 1, along with other child-support related rules. In this article, an attorney with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families explains the changes.
