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Child Support Guidelines

Past and present guidelines, reports, forms, instructions, worksheets, and other related resources.

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2023 guidelines, forms, and information

Below you will find the 2023 Child Support Guidelines, which are applied to all child support orders and judgments to be used by the justices of the Trial Court. These guidelines are effective July 31, 2023.

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2021 guidelines, forms, and information

Below you will find the 2021 Child Support Guidelines, which are applied to all child support orders and judgments to be used by the justices of the Trial Court. These forms are effective October 4, 2021. In addition, you can find a worksheet for calculating child support, and a chart of per child calculations based on income.

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2020-2021 Child Support Guidelines review

2018 guidelines, forms, and information

Below you will find the 2018 Child Support Guidelines effective June 15, 2018 until October 4, 2021, which are applied to all child support orders and judgments to be used by the justices of the Trial Court. In addition, you can find a worksheet for calculating child support, and a memo describing the changes.

 

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2017 guidelines, forms, and information

Below you will find the 2017 Child Support Guidelines, which are applied to all child support orders and judgments to be used by the justices of the Trial Court. These forms are effective September 15, 2017 until June 14, 2018. In addition, you can find a worksheet and instructions for calculating child support, a chart of per child calculations based on income, and a form for post-secondary education child support. 

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2013 Child Support Guidelines and reports

Below you'll find the 2013 Child Support Guidelines, Child Support Guidelines worksheet, a chart of per child calculations based on income, and 2 reports prepared as resources to inform the Child Support Guidelines.

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Ebook information

These guidelines are also available as an ebook:

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Last updated: July 19, 2023

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