How do the courts calculate how much the non custodial parent has to pay towards support ?

Every state is different and most states have a formula on their website.How do the courts calculate how much the non custodial parent has to pay towards support ?
In Maine they take the combined income and divide it out into the precentage each party contributes towards the whole. Then they take the average expense to raise a child and figure the percentage of that and depending on your percentage of the whole that will be your child support payment. Say you contribute 50% towards the whole and that it cost 1,000 a month to raise a child ( this is an example only) then they say that you need to provide 50% of the 1,000 it takes. This could calculate to be about 125.00 a week for you. Each state is different to find the exact amount contact your lawyer and he/she would be able to provide a more acurate figure.How do the courts calculate how much the non custodial parent has to pay towards support ?
I work for a legal aid program in KY and when we do a divorce we have a chart that we use to determine the child obligation. The public can access this chart by going to the state's government website. It shouldnt be hard to find the website and the form is easy enough to figure out but you need additional help let me know.





You should also know that the state ( KY anyway) also considers the income of the custodial parent when figuring the child support obligation.
actually, it varies quite a bit from state to state. you'll need to figure out which state has continuing exclusive jurisdiction, and then apply the guidelines adopted by that state.





Here is a helpful starting place.





http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/extinf.html
In the State of California the income and expense information of each party is fed into a computer program and it spits out the answer.
they calculate both parents income its different in every state call your local support enforcement they can tell you
25% of pretax earnings