How is child support calculated if the children split their time equally between the parents?
A separate method is used to calculate child support when the parents have a “substantial shared parenting” arrangement. This is generally defined as a scenario in which the parents have equal time-sharing with their children, or in which one parent has at least 40% of the overnights with the children in a year. This separate method, called the “gross up” method of child support calculation, can yield very different results than the standard method.
