Child Support Calculation Worksheet - North Dakota

North Dakota Family Law Updated September 3, 2026 Free Word and PDF

NORTH DAKOTA CHILD-SUPPORT CALCULATION — INPUT AND RECONCILIATION WORKBOOK

DO NOT FILE THIS WORKBOOK. Use it to collect facts and reconcile the current official calculator, financial declaration, worksheet, schedules, pleadings, and proposed order.

1. Case and Current-Form Control

Item Verified entry Source Checked on
Court, judicial district, and county [________________] [________________] [__/__/____]
Case number and operative caption [________________] [________________] [__/__/____]
Existing support order [________________] [________________] [__/__/____]
Calculation purpose [Initial / temporary / modification / review / other] [________________] [__/__/____]
Calculation date [__/__/____] [________________] [__/__/____]
Current guidelines and effective date [________________] [________________] [__/__/____]
Current official calculator version [________________] [________________] [__/__/____]
Current financial declaration [________________] [________________] [__/__/____]
Current worksheet and instructions [________________] [________________] [__/__/____]
Specialized schedules required [________________] [________________] [__/__/____]
Current pleading / filing form [________________] [________________] [__/__/____]

☐ All calculator, worksheet, schedule, and instruction files come from the same current official set.

2. Parties and Children

Field Parent A Parent B
Legal name [________________] [________________]
Address / residence period [________________] [________________]
Employer / occupation [________________] [________________]
Actual parenting responsibility [________________] [________________]
Existing support obligations [________________] [________________]
Counsel / representative [________________] [________________]
Child Date of birth Current residence / schedule Existing order / benefit Special circumstance
[____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
[____] [____] [____] [____] [____]

Do not select an obligor, obligee, primary, equal, split, extended, or other calculation route from a label alone. Use the operative schedule and current official instructions.

3. Parenting Schedule and Calculation Route

Period / child Parent A overnights or time Parent B overnights or time Source record Dispute / uncertainty
[____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
[____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Possible route Current guideline / schedule source Facts Applies?
One obligor calculation [________________] [________________] ☐
Equal residential responsibility [________________] [________________] ☐
Split / multiple-child arrangement [________________] [________________] ☐
Extended parenting-time adjustment [________________] [________________] ☐
Multiple-family schedule [________________] [________________] ☐
Foster-care or other specialized route [________________] [________________] ☐

4. Income and Benefit Inventory

Record the source, period, gross amount, and proposed official-guideline treatment separately.

Parent Item Amount Period Source document Current treatment / schedule
[A / B] Wages / salary $[____] [____] [____] [____]
[A / B] Overtime / bonus / commission $[____] [____] [____] [____]
[A / B] Self-employment / business $[____] [____] [____] [____]
[A / B] Rent / royalty / investment $[____] [____] [____] [____]
[A / B] Retirement / pension / annuity $[____] [____] [____] [____]
[A / B] Social Security / disability $[____] [____] [____] [____]
[A / B] Unemployment / workers’ compensation $[____] [____] [____] [____]
[A / B] In-kind / employer benefit $[____] [____] [____] [____]
[A / B] Other $[____] [____] [____] [____]

Self-Employment and Variable Income

Issue Parent A Parent B Evidence / official treatment
Business entity / ownership [____] [____] [____]
Gross receipts and expenses [____] [____] [____]
Depreciation / noncash item [____] [____] [____]
Retained earnings / distributions [____] [____] [____]
Multi-year averaging [____] [____] [____]
Seasonal or variable compensation [____] [____] [____]

5. Potential or Imputed Income Screen

Question Parent A Parent B Current source / analysis
Employment and earnings history [____] [____] [____]
Education, credentials, and skills [____] [____] [____]
Current labor market and wages [____] [____] [____]
Health, disability, caregiving, or other limitation [____] [____] [____]
Voluntary change or disputed motive [____] [____] [____]
Asset or income-producing capacity [____] [____] [____]
Current imputation rule and exception [____] [____] [____]

Do not impute income from a generic earning-capacity sentence; enter the current rule, presumption, exceptions, and evidence.

6. Official Adjustments and Schedules

Item Parent A Parent B Current schedule / source Amount used
Hypothetical federal tax $[____] $[____] [____] $[____]
Hypothetical state tax $[____] $[____] [____] $[____]
Social Security / Medicare treatment $[____] $[____] [____] $[____]
Health-insurance treatment $[____] $[____] [____] $[____]
Other child / family adjustment $[____] $[____] [____] $[____]
Self-employment adjustment $[____] $[____] [____] $[____]
Other current adjustment $[____] $[____] [____] $[____]

Do not use actual tax withholding, union dues, retirement contributions, or a generic “net income” list unless the current official guideline and schedule authorize that treatment.

7. Current Official Calculator Result

Field Entry
Calculator version / update date [________________]
Guideline effective date [________________]
Obligor selected by official route [________________]
Number of children in calculation [____]
Income input accepted $[____]
Specialized schedule / adjustment [________________]
Basic result $[____]
Parenting-time adjustment $[____]
Multiple-family or other adjustment $[____]
Current guideline amount $[____]

Calculator file and output retained at: [________________]

A hand-entered percentage in this workbook does not replace the current calculator and schedules.

8. Healthcare, Childcare, Benefits, and Direct Payments

Item Current cost / payer Proposed allocation Current authority / form treatment Evidence
Child health coverage [____] [____] [____] [____]
Premium attributable to child [____] [____] [____] [____]
Uncovered health expense [____] [____] [____] [____]
Childcare [____] [____] [____] [____]
Dependent benefit [____] [____] [____] [____]
Travel / transportation [____] [____] [____] [____]
Other direct payment [____] [____] [____] [____]

Do not convert an expense allocation into the base guideline amount unless the current official form and proposed order do so.

9. Departure, Duration, and Modification

Issue Current guideline / statute / order Facts and evidence Proposed finding / result
Presumptive guideline amount [________________] [________________] [________________]
Departure or variance [________________] [________________] [________________]
Child-specific end event [________________] [________________] [________________]
High-school / adult-child issue [________________] [________________] [________________]
Modification threshold [________________] [________________] [________________]
Effective date and retroactivity [________________] [________________] [________________]
Existing arrears or enforcement [________________] [________________] [________________]

Do not use a generic age, emancipation, postsecondary, percentage-change, or material-change rule without current authority and the operative order.

10. Document and Evidence Register

Document Period / version Requested Received Used in official form
Financial declaration [____] [____] [____] [____]
Pay and employment records [____] [____] [____] [____]
Tax returns and schedules [____] [____] [____] [____]
Business / self-employment records [____] [____] [____] [____]
Benefit and insurance records [____] [____] [____] [____]
Parenting schedule / calendar [____] [____] [____] [____]
Childcare / medical records [____] [____] [____] [____]
Existing orders and payment history [____] [____] [____] [____]

11. Transfer to Official Forms and Proposed Order

Official form / pleading / order section Workbook source Prepared by Reviewed Complete
Financial declaration [____] [____] [____] ☐
Child-support worksheet [____] [____] [____] ☐
Required schedule(s) [____] [____] [____] ☐
Motion / stipulation / response [____] [____] [____] ☐
Proposed findings [____] [____] [____] ☐
Proposed support order [____] [____] [____] ☐
Filing and service [____] [____] [____] ☐

Final Review

☐ The current official guidelines, calculator, financial declaration, worksheet, instructions, and specialized schedules were used.

☐ Parties, children, parenting schedule, work dates, income periods, benefits, and existing orders are complete.

☐ Income, self-employment, potential income, tax, insurance, and multiple-family treatments follow the current official route.

☐ The official calculator output is retained and reconciled to every proposed amount.

☐ Healthcare, childcare, benefits, direct payments, departure, duration, modification, arrears, and effective date are separately analyzed.

☐ The filed forms and proposed order—not this workbook—contain the requested calculation and terms.

☐ Sensitive identifiers are kept only in secure records and official forms.

☐ Unused options and drafting notes were deleted.

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Last updated
September 3, 2026
Last reviewed
September 3, 2026
Jurisdiction
North Dakota
Category
Family Law

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