One of the most common questions when working at a family law firm is how much can I receive for child support or how much will I pay in child support. The answer is contained in Fl Statute 61.30. It tells us how to calculate child support and include a preliminary chart showing child support obligation contingent on the combined joint net income of the parents.

Before you can figure out net income, you need to learn how to calculate it and Fl. Statute says what you can deduct from Gross Income to get to Net Income. Look at the definition and my mini summary below and answer following question:

Katrina and Rodrigo are the parents of 1 minor daughter, Gabby. They need to calculate child support. Katrina earns net income of 500 a week and Rodrigo earns net income of 800 per week. (I did the calculation of deducting the social security and taxes and their cost of their medical insurance from their gross income) Katrina pays $25 per week in medical insurance for Gabby. Rodrigo pays $ 80 per biweekly in day care for Gabby. Rodrigo has Gabby spend the night at his house 14 days per month.

Calculate the amounts in each steps below.

First step to calculate: covert all info to MONTHLY

Cost of medical insurance for Gabby - how much pay per month? Hint: cost times 52 weeks divided by 12 months

Cost of day care for Gabby - how much pay per month? Hint: cost times 26 biweekly periods divided by 12 months

Net Income of Katrina? Hint: net income times 52 weeks divided by 12 months

Net Income of Rodrigo? Hint: net income times 52 weeks divided by 12 months

Second step look at chart in 61.30 and look for figure from monthly net income of parents (Hint: add Katrina and Rodrigo's monthly net income next months) Hint is it 1077 or 837 (figure from the chart)

Third Step - Need to know the % of overnights each parent has with Gabby. Hint 14 days times 12 month equal what? then take the calculation and subtract from 365 days. then get the percent.

for example if Rodrigo had 7 days per month - you would do 7 times 12 months and get 84 overnights. then to get the % you would take 84 divided by 365 equals 23% overnight for Rodrigo and Katrina would have 77% overnight (100 - 23)