Child
Care
Costs |
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Each parent must pay
a portion of employment and job-search related daycare costs incurred
by the other parent. Children must be age 12 or under to qualify,
unless they are disabled and unable to care for themselves. Cost
entered should be the average monthly child care cost incurred.
If child care costs are only incurred during the summer, take
the total yearly child care cost and divide by 12. The program
will compute the child care cost less the estimated tax credit
to the paying parent. (OAR
137-050-0420)
Note: The calculator can only provide an estimate of the
child care credit. Individual factors such as unearned income
or the income of a spouse may affect the child care credit. If
you need further information, you should seek the advice of a
lawyer. |
Gross
Monthly
Income
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Gross monthly income
includes income from all sources available to the parent. Weekly
income should be translated to a monthly figure by multiplying
weekly gross income by 4.33. To obtain a monthly figure from
hourly income, multiply the hourly rate by 40 hours and again
by 4.33. The child support guidelines presume that each parent
is able to make minimum wage. Therefore, a parent generally
may not enter a gross monthly income less than $1351 ($7.80
x 40 x 4.33). (OAR
137-050-0340 through OAR 137-050-0360) |
Health
Care
Coverage |
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The parent who provides
health care coverage at a reasonable cost is entitled to a contribution
from the other parent for that cost. Health care coverage is considered
reasonable in cost if it is employment related insurance or other
group health care coverage, unless it is not accessible to the child(ren)
or the cost to cover the child(ren) makes the support obligation
unjust or inappropriate. Enter the actual cost of insurance (for
the joint children only) under the parent's column who pays the
insurance costs. If the insurance cost includes both joint and nonjoint
children, prorate the figure for joint children only (divide cost
by the total number of children and multiply figure by the number
of joint children only). (OAR
137-050-0410) |
Income
Available
for Support |
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The child support guidelines
presume that the obligated parent needs a gross income in the amount
of $844 to support him/herself. The obligated parent's income available
for support is therefore calculated by subtracting $844 from his/her
modified gross income. The child support obligation is the lesser
of the income available for support or the calculated child support
amount. (OAR
137-050-0475) |
Joint
Child(ren) |
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Joint child means the dependent
child who is the son or daughter of both parents involved in the
support proceeding. In those cases where support is sought from
only one parent of a child, a joint child is the child for whom
support is sought. (OAR
137-050-0320) |
Low
Income
Adjustment
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The child support scale amount appropriate
for a low income obligor determined by applying the lesser of the
parents’ pro rata share of the basic child support obligation
or the support obligation determined by applying the parents’
single modified gross monthly income to the scale. |
| Mandatory
Union Dues |
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Mandatory union dues means the amount
paid as a mandatory contribution to a labor organization. |
Medical
Expenses
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Recurring medical expenses
for joint children over and above $250 per year, per child, that
are not eligible for payment by health care coverage or other insurance.
The child support guidelines amount includes ordinary unreimbursed
medical costs of $250 per child per year. (OAR
137-050-0430) |
Nonjoint
Child(ren) |
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Nonjoint child means the legal child
of one, but not both of the parents subject to this determination.
A stepchild is not a nonjoint child. (OAR
137-050-0320) Recipients of TANF are not eligible to receive
credit for nonjoint children. (OAR
137-050-0400) |
| Parent A
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Parent A means the parent who has more
than 50 percent of the overall parenting time with the joint child(ren)
as calculated under OAR
137-050-0450. If the child(ren) is in the physical custody of
the State or another person who is not the child’s parent,
there will be no Parent A for purposes of calculating child support. |
| Parent B |
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Parent B means the parent who has less
than 50 percent of the overall parenting time with the joint child(ren)
as calculated under OAR
137-050-0450, or a parent whose child(ren) is in the physical
custody of the State or another person who is not the child’s
parent. |
Parenting
Time |
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Parenting time means the
amount of time the child(ren) is scheduled to spend with a parent
according to a current written agreement or a court order between
the parents. To calculate parenting time for parents with split
custody, refer to either the Instructions (CSF
02 0809) or OAR
137-050-0450. Parenting time is generally determined by the
number of overnights a child spends with the parent. An alternative
method of calculating parenting time may be used if a child spends
significant time with a parent that does not include overnights.
(OAR
137-050-0450) |
Rebuttal
Amount
Applied |
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Rebuttal amount applied
is an addition or subtraction to one or more of the following
items: 1) the monthly gross income of one of the parties; 2) costs
the basic child support obligation; and/or 3) the total presumed
child support obligation. Rebuttals may be applied when the standard
child support calculation would be "unjust or inappropriate"
in a particular case. While there are some common practices in
applying rebuttals, there is no prescribed method for application.
Rebuttals are intended to be flexible to allow for special considerations
in determining a child support obligation. For more information,
see Rebuttal Instructions.
(OAR
137-050-0333) |
| Split
Custody |
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Split custody means that each parent
in a two parent calculation has primary physical custody of at least
one of the children. |
Social
Security or
Veterans' Benefits |
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Social Security or Veterans'
Benefits are benefits received by the child, or his/her representative
payee, because a parent receives Social Security or Veterans' retirement
benefits or disability benefits. Veterans' benefits include "apportioned"
Veterans' benefits and Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance
under 38 USC chapter 35, distributed to the child, or his/her representative
payee, by the Veterans Administration. |
Spousal
Support |
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Spousal support means the
amount of support a spouse is ordered to pay or entitled to receive
as a result of a court order. |
| TANF |
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TANF means Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families or generally known as cash assistance.
TANF does not include any forms of food stamps or the Oregon
Health Plan. If a parent is receiving TANF benefits, that parent
is presumed to have gross monthly income at minimum wage calculated
at 40 hours per week ($1351 per month). (OAR
137-050-0340) |
