Does the court ever use a different guideline to calculate child support?
Yes. Depending on the circumstances of each case, there are several different guidelines that a courtmay apply to calculate child support. Shared-Placement Guidelines First, courts may use the Shared-Placement guidelines when each parent cares for the child at least 25% of the time (at least 92 days per year), and the placement time with each parent is in a court order. 1) The court will order each parent to assume the child’s basic support costs in proportion to the time that the parent cares for the child. Basic support costs are food, shelter, clothing, transportation, personal care and incidental recreational costs.
