 black-box tax table and instead do it the old-fashioned way by presenting their financial circumstances to the court. The judge will conduct a hearing and rule on the parties "net income."
Adjustments for Other Children and Maintenance: A party's gross income may be further reduced before going to the HFS Gross to Net Income Table if he or she is supporting children from another relationship (with or without a support order), and if he or she is paying maintenance in the pending proceeding.
HFS Child Support Guidelines: Before 2017, we used to multiply an obligor's net income by a percentage based on the number of children being supported -- 20 % of one child, 28% for two kids, etc. Today, once we know the parents net income,we go to an online table maintained by Illinois' Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) to determine the child support obligation. Plug in the net income and the number of kids and the chart reveals the child support award.
Asymmetrical Parenting Schedule: If your kids spend most of their time with one parent, child support is determined by:
Find the each parent's net income using the standardized or individualized tax methods and applying any adjustments (above);
Go to the HFS table and use the parents' combined net income to find the Basic Child Support Obligation.
Apportion the Basic Support Obligation between the parents based on their respective net incomes.
The parent owing support pays to the other his or her share of the Basic Support Obligation.
Add to that amount the payor's proportional share of any
health insurance premiums,
qualifying day care costs,
school and extra-curricular expenses.
Simple Example: Mom nets $1,704 (on a gross of $2,000) and Dad nets $2,382 (on a gross $3,000); they have one child who spends most ofthe time with Mom. Their combined net income is $4,087. Mom's share of that net income is 41.69% and Dad accounts for 58.31%. The Basic Child Support Obligation for $4,087 is $844 / month (this figure comes from a table maintained by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services). Dad would pay to Mom 58.31% of the Basic Child Support Obligation of $844, or $492 / month.
In the above example, Dad would also pay to Mom 58.31% of the child's health insurance costs, child care expenses, and school and extra-curricular activity expenses.
Shared Parenting Time Schedule: If your kids spend at least 146 overnights with each parent, calculating support is easy as pie -- here's what you do:
Find the each parent's net income using the standardized or individualized tax methods and applying any adjustments (above);
Determine each parent's separate support obligation using the HFS table.
Add the separate obligations of the parents and multiply by 1.5 to get the "Shared Physical Care Support Obligation" (that's right: (Mom's support + Dad's support) x 1.5 = Shared Support)
Apportion the Shared Support Obligation between Mom and Dad according to their respective net incomes.
Multiply each parent's apportioned share by the percentage of overnights the child spends with the other parent.
Offset the two amounts.
That's it -- the parent owing more pays the difference between the two amounts.
Shared Parenting Time Example: Using the above example, let's say the child spends 146 overnights with Dad (146 / 365 = 40%) and 219 overnights with Mom (146 / 365 = 60%). Because the child spends at least 146 overnights with each parent, we multiply the Basic Support Obligation by 1.5 to get the "Shared Physical Care Support Obligation" ($844 x 1.5 = $1,266). We allocate the Shared Support Obligation between Mom and Dad based on their respective net incomes:
Mom: $1,266 x.4169 = $528
Dad: $1,266 x.5831 =$738.
We then multiply each parents share of the Shared Support Obligation by the number (percentage) of overnights the child spends with the other parent:
Mom: $528 x.4 = $211
Dad: 738 x..6 = $443
Finally, we offset the two amounts and Dad pays to Mom the difference: $443 - 211 = $232 plus his 58.31% proportional share of the child's health insurance costs, child care expenses, and school and extra-curricular activity expenses.
Deviation From Guidelines: The court may consider deviating from the result produced by either method. Remember, the "guidelines" are just that -- GUIDELINES -- and the court may deviate from them.)
As an aside, Blaisdell is an excellent "lawyer's case" because it lays out the legislative history of Illinois' child support laws and includes bits of legislative testimony and explains the pre-legislative de facto guidelines used by local circuit courts.
Any deviation must serve the "best interest of the child," must fall within one of the law's proscribed "deviation factors," and must be spelled out in detail in the resulting child support order. The "deviation factors" include:
the financial resources and needs of the child,
the financial resources and needs of the custodial parent,
the standard of living the child would have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved
the physical mental and emotional needs of the child,
the educational needs of the child,
the financial resources and needs of the non-custodial parent.
any other appropriate factor.
“My son had special neds and I needed more than the 20% my ex said I was entitled to. Wes helped me get everything I needed. ”
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