Child Support Calculation Worksheet - Minnesota

CHILD SUPPORT CALCULATION WORKSHEET — MINNESOTA

This is a calculation worksheet, not a support order or an official court form. Use the Minnesota Child Support Guidelines Calculator to check the result. Its result is an estimate; the Court determines the order. Record source documents and assumptions so each figure can be checked.

Court file number, if any: [________________]

Calculation date: [__/__/____]

Parent 1: [________________________________]

Parent 2: [________________________________]

1. Monthly gross income

Under Minn. Stat. § 518A.29, identify periodic income and apply the section's exclusions. Overtime is not automatically excluded merely because it exceeds 40 hours; the statutory conditions and court findings must be met. Do not subtract income tax, FICA, retirement contributions, or household expenses as generic PICS deductions.

2. PICS and shares

PICS means gross income less the nonjoint child deductions allowed by Minn. Stat. § 518A.33. Use the court ordered nonjoint support deduction and, where applicable, the calculated deduction for a legally responsible parent without such an order. That calculated deduction is 75 percent of the applicable guideline amount for up to six eligible nonjoint children. Document the calculation.

Combined monthly PICS = Parent 1 PICS + Parent 2 PICS = $[________]. Each share equals that parent's PICS divided by combined PICS. If combined PICS is zero or another special case applies, note it here for court review: [________________].

3. Guideline basic support before parenting adjustment

Number of joint children in the calculation: [____]. Use the current guideline table in Minn. Stat. § 518A.35 for combined PICS and this number of children. If combined PICS exceeds $20,000 monthly, the statutory presumed basic amount is the amount at $20,000, subject to a demonstrated amount above that level under the law.

Table row, source date, or calculator result used: [________________].

4. Parenting expense adjustment

Court order awarding parenting time dated [__/__/____]: [________________]. If none, § 518A.36, subd. 1(b) directs calculation without the parenting expense adjustment. When ordered parenting time exists, record overnights or supported overnight equivalents over the relevant period and use § 518A.36, subd. 2.

Formula result = [(A overnights cubed × B basic share) − (B overnights cubed × A basic share)] ÷ [(A overnights cubed) + (B overnights cubed)] = $[________]. A negative result makes A the obligor and its absolute value the adjusted basic obligation; a positive result makes B the obligor and is the adjusted basic obligation. If parenting time and PICS are both equal, check § 518A.36, subd. 3 and whether child expenses are equally shared. Result or reason the formula was not applied: [________________].

Basic support obligor: [________________]. Adjusted monthly basic support: $[________].

5. Child care and medical support

Work or education child care costs are addressed separately under Minn. Stat. § 518A.40. Determine eligible cost, applicable child care credit adjustment, each PICS share, and any low-income rule before proposing a child care amount. Medical support under § 518A.41 addresses available appropriate health coverage, premium responsibility, and uninsured or unreimbursed health expenses; expense sharing need not be a fixed monthly charge.

6. Requested result and court review

Do not subtract voluntary direct payments from the proposed monthly order amount. Record any disputed credit or prior payment separately for the Court: [________________]. A requested deviation from the rebuttable guideline and its supporting facts: [________________]. Existing order and effective date requested, if this worksheet supports a modification motion: [________________]. Minn. Stat. § 518A.39 governs modification; the worksheet itself changes no order.

A child for support purposes can be under 18, under 20 and still attending secondary school, or unable to self-support due to a physical or mental condition under § 518A.26, subd. 5. For an undifferentiated order covering multiple children, one child's emancipation does not itself reduce the ordered amount under § 518A.39, subd. 5(b). Check the existing order and seek an appropriate court order when needed.

7. Verification

Documents used for income, parenting time, child care, insurance, and prior order: [____________________________________________________________]. Unresolved assumptions or disputed figures: [____________________________________________________________].

I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Parent completing worksheet: __________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Printed name: [________________________________] County and state of signing: [________________________________]

If jointly prepared, the second parent also declares: I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Second parent's signature, if jointly prepared: __________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Printed name: [________________________________] County and state of signing: [________________________________]