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## SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

IN RE AMENDMENTS TO

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 10 Opinion Delivered: April 14, 2022

PER CURIAM

The Supreme Court Committee on Child Support has proposed changes to Administrative

Order No. 10 and the Affidavit of Financial Means.

The Court extends its sincere gratitude to the members of the Child Support Committee

for their work. These proposals are being pub lished for comment, and the period shall end May

12, 2022.

Comments should be submitted in writing to: Clerk of the Arkansas Supreme Court,

Attention: Child Support Committee, Justice Building, 625 Marshall Street, Little Rock, Arkansas

72201.

Administrative Order No. 10

– Child Support Guidelines

Section I. Authority and Scope

Pursuant to Act 948 of 1989, as amended, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 9

- 12

- 312(a) and

the Family Support Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100

- 485 (1988), the Court adopt ed and publishe d

Administrative Order Number 10 , titled “ Child Support Guidelines ” ( “ Guidelines ” ). Pursuant to

Act 907 of 2019, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 9

- 12

- 312(a)(4), the attac h ed revised monthly

“ F amily S upport Chart ” ( “ Chart ” ) is based on an Income Shares Model . The attached Chart

therefore, supersedes any prior payor

- income

- based family support chart. ( Section II.1 discusses

when this Administrative Order’s incorporation of the Income Shares Model affects existing child

support orders.) This Administrative Order includes and incorporates by reference the “ Forms ”2

Addendum : Sample Calculation, Sample Language for Child

- Support Orders, Family Support

Chart

, Child Support Worksheet (“Worksheet”) , and the revised Affidavit of Financial Means.

These G uidelines are based on the Income Shares Model, developed by the Child Support

Guidelines Project of the National Center for State Courts. T he Income Shares Model is based on

the concept that children should receive the same proportion of parental income that they would

have received had the parents lived together and shared financial resources

. The best available

economic data on child

- rearing expenditures was used to develop the model. A more detailed

explanation of the Income Shares Model and the underlying economic evidence used to support it

is contained in Development of Guidelines for Child Support Orders

, Report to the Federal O ffice of

Child Support Enforcement, September 1987 (National Center for State Courts, Denver,

Colorado)

. The September 2019 Review of the Arkansas Child Support Guidelines, an Analysis

of Economic Data, Development of Income Shares Char ts, and Other Considerations, prepared by

Jane Venohr, Ph.D., is available at www.arcourts.gov/forms

- and

- publications/arkansas

- child

support

- guidelines

.

Under t he revised Family Support Chart , e ach parent’s share is that parent’s prorated share of

th e two parents’ combined income

. The C hart reflects the average amount of money that families

in the U nited States spend on their children

. D ifferences between Arkansas prices and prices across the

United States more generally have been accounted for using an index that the U.S. Bureau of Economic

Analysis (BEA) developed

. The Chart also consider s and accounts for:

• federal and state income taxes and FIC A ;

• average child

- rearing expenditures using current measurements developed by Professor

David Betson using the Rothbarth methodology to separate the children’s share of

expenditures from total expenditures ;

• out

- of

- pocket medical expenses of $250.00 per child per year

.

T he Chart exclude s parental expenditures for work

- related childcare , the child’s share of health

insurance premiums, and out

- of

- pocket medical expenses over $250.00 per child per year.

These G uidelines and the accompanying Worksheet assume that the parent to whom

support is owed (payee parent) is spending his or her calculated share directly on the child. For

the parent with the obligation to pay support (payor parent)

, the pro

- rata charted amount establishes

the base level of child support to be given to the pay ee parent

. The base amount may , however,

be adjusted to account for work

- related childcare expenditures, the child’s share of the health

insurance premium, out

- of

- pocket medical expenses exceeding $250.00 per child per year, the self

support reserve, or other facto rs a court determines to be in the best interest of a child or children.

Section II. Use of the Guidelines

There is a rebuttable presumption that the amount of child support calculated pursuant to

the most recent revision of the Family Support Chart and these Guidelines is the amount to be

awarded in any judicial proceeding for divorce, separation, paternity, guardians hip, or child

support.3

In addition to an initial award for child support or the modification of an existing

obligation

, the se G uidelines should be used to assess the adequacy of agreements for child support

an d to encourage parties to settle support

- related disputes in a comprehensive manner

.

These G uidelines provide c alculated amounts of child support for a combined parental

gross income of up to $30,000.00 per month, or $360,000 .00 per year

. The child

- support

obligation for incomes above $30,000.00 per month shall be determined by using the highest

amount in these G uidelines . T he court may then use its discretion in setting an amount above that

t o meet the needs of the child and the parent’s ability to provi de support.

These G uidelines assume that the payor parent has the minor child(ren) overnight in his or her residence less than 141 overnights per calendar year.

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1. Modification of Existing Child

- Support Obligation :

Pursuant to Act 904 of 2019, codified at Arkansas Code Annotated § 9

- 14

- 107(c)(2), “ an inconsistency between the existing child

- support award and the amount of child support that results

from app lication of the F amily S upport C hart shall constitute a mater ial change of circumstances

sufficient to petition the court for modification of child support according to the Family Support

C hart after appropriate deductions unless:

a. The inconsistency does not meet a reasonable quantitative standard

established by th e State of Arkansas in accordance with subsection (a) of this

section ;

b. The inconsistency is due to the fact that the amount of the current child

support award resulted from a rebuttal of the guideline amount and there has

not been a change of circumstances that resulted in the rebuttal of the

guidelines amount ; or

c. The inconsistency is due solely to a promulgation to a revision of the F amily

S upport C hart. ”

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2. Deviation from the Chart :

All orders granting or modifying child support shall contain the court’s determination of the

payor’s income, payee’s income, recite the amount of support required under the se G uidelines, and

state whether the court deviated from the presumptive child

- support calculation set by the

Worksheet and these Guidelines . If an order deviates from the Guidelines amount

, then the order

must explain the reason(s) for the deviat ion

. When deciding whether the Worksheet

- based amount

is unjust or inappropriate, the court must consider all the relevant factors, including what is in the

child ’s or children’s best interest. A d eviation from the se G uidelines s hould be the exception rather

than the rule. If a court chooses to deviate from the Guidelines amount

, then it must make

written findings and explain the deviation. It shall be sufficient in a particular case to rebut

the presumption that the amount of child support calculated pursuant to the Worksheet is correct

if the court provides in the order a specific written finding that the Worksheet

- based amount is

1 T hi s Administrative Order presumes that a traditional visitation schedule will be less than 141

nights while a liberal visitation schedule is usually more than 141 nights.

2 The Section titled “Modification of Existing Child

- Support Order” recites verbatim Arkansas

Code Annotated 9

- 14

- 107(c)(2).4

unjust or inappropriate. When determining whether to deviate from the Guidelines ’

amount, a court should consider the following:

a. Educational expenses for the child(ren) (i.e., those incurred for private or parochial schools

, or other schools where there are tuition or related

costs) and/or the provision or payment of special education needs or

expenses for the child (ren) ;

b. The procurement and/or maintenance of life insurance

, dental insurance

, and/or other insurance for the children’s benefit ( f or health insurance

premiums , see Section II.2 infra );

c. E xtraordinary travel expenses for court

- ordered visitation;

d. Significant available income of the child(ren);

e. The creation or maintenance of a trust fund for the children;

f. The support given by a parent for minor children in the absence of a court

order;

g. Extraordinary time spent with the payor parent ;

h. Additional expenses incurred because of natural or adopted

children living in the home, including stepchildren if the court finds

there is a court

- ordered responsibility to a stepchild ;

i. The provision for payment of work

- related childcare , extraordinary

medical expenses for the child in excess of $250.00 per year per child

, and/or health insurance premiums. Ordinarily

, th ese expense s will be

divided pro rata between the parents and added to the base child support

of the payor parent on the Worksheet . In that scenario, it shall not

s upport a deviation

. However, if the court chooses not to add them in

the total child

- support obligation, they could support a deviation ; and

j. Any other factors that warrant a deviation

.

3. Self

- Support Reserve , Minimum Order, and Deviation from the Minimum Order :

In cases where the payor parent’s monthly gross income is less than $ 900 .00, the Chart

applies a self

- support reserve (SSR) . The SSR considers the basic subsistence needs of the payor

parent and is based on the Federal Poverty Guidelines multiplied by Arkansas’s price parity

. Arkansas’s price parity is the index used to adjust the Chart to reflect Arkansas prices

. If the payor parent’s child

- support amount pursuant to the chart is based solely on the payor parent’s gross

income and corresponding number of children falls within the shaded area of the Chart, then the

basic child

- support obligation and the payor parent’s total child

- support obligation a re computed

using only the payor parent’s income. In these cases, health insurance premiums, extraordinary

medical expenses, and childcare expenses shall not be used to calculate the total child

- support

obligation. However, payment of these costs by either parent may be used as a reason to deviate

from the se Guidelines.

When the payor parent’s monthly gross income is less than $900.00, a presumptive

minimum award of $125.00 per month must issue unless a party can rebut the presumptive amount

by a preponderance of the evidence . Some factors that a court may consider when deciding whether

a party has rebutt ed the minimum order amount include but are not limited to the following :

a. There is a large adjustment due to parenting time;

b . The payor is incarcerated (see Section II.4 below);

c. The payor is institutionalized due to a mental illness or other impairment ;5 d . The payor has a verified physical disability that precludes work;

e. The payor’s only income is Supplemental Security Income (SSI);

f. The pay o r’s ability or inability to work; or

g . Any other deviation factor listed above in Subsection II

. 2 or any income

imputation factor listed below in Section III

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.

4. Incarcerated Individuals

Pursuant to Act 904 of 2019, codified at Arkansas Code Annotated § 9

- 12

- 312(a), § 9

- 14

- 106(a), and § 9

- 14

- 107(a), the incarceration of a parent shall be treated as in voluntary

unemployment for the purpose of establishing or modifying an award of child support.

“ Incarceration ” means a conviction that results in a sentence of confinement to a local jail, st ate or

federal correctional facility, or state psychiatric hospital for at least 180 days and exclud es credit for

time served before sentencing.

Section III. Gross Income

1. Definitions:

“ Income ” means the actual gross income of the parent, if employed to full capacity, or

potential income if unemployed or underemployed as allowed under S ection III

. 7

. Gross income

is used to avoid disputes over issues of deductibility that would arise if a net income w as used.

The se G uidelines presume that the parent with the legal obligation to pay support will file

federal taxes as a single individual and have only one state exemption. Adjustments have been made

in the Chart for federal and state income taxes

, FICA , and average child

- rearing expenditures ( for

example, out

- of

- pocket medical expenses of $250.00 per child per year ).

The monthly child

- support amount shall be converted to coincide with the payor’s receipt

of salary, wages, or other income. For purposes of computing gross monthly income, a month i s

4 .334 weeks. Bi

- weekly means a party is paid once every two weeks

, or 26 times during a c alendar

year. Semi

- monthly means a person is paid twice a month

, or 24 times per calendar year.

“ Child Support Gross Income” means gross income

— minus amounts for preexisting child

support obligations paid to another who is not a party to the proceedings and on behalf of a child

who is not the subject of the action of the court. Child support arrearage payments shall not be

considered in determining a payor’s gross income.

“Combined Gross Income” means the combined gross income of both parties.

2. Gross Income Inclusions :

“Income” is “intentionally broad and designed to encompass the widest range of sources

consistent with the State’s policy to interpret ‘income’ broadly f or the benefit of the child.” Evans

v. Tillery , 361 Ark. 63, 204 S.W.3d 547 (2005); Ford v. Ford , 347 Ark. 485, 65 S.W.3d 432 (2002);

McWhorter v. McWhorter , 346 Ark. 475, 58 S.W.3d 840 (2001); Davis v. Office of Child Support

Enforcement , 341 Ark. 349, 2 0 S.W. 3d 273 (2000).

Gross income includes, but is not limited to, the following:6 i. Wages, overtime pay, commissions, regularly

- received bonuses, or other monies

from all employers or as a result of any employment ( as usually reported in the

Medicare, wages, and tips section of the parent’s W

- 2).

ii. Earnings generated from a business, partnership, contract, self

- employment or

other similar arr angement, or from rentals.

(a) Income (or losses) from a corporation should be carefully examined to

determine the extent to which they were historically passed on to the parent

or used merely as a tax strategy.

iii. Distributed profits or payments from profit

- sha ring, a pension or retirement, an

insurance contract, an annuity, trust fund, deferred compensation, retirement

account, social security disability payments, social security retirement payments

, unemployment compensation, supplemental unemployment benefits, disability

insurance or benefits, or worker ’ s compensation.

(a) Consider insurance or other similar payments received as compensation for lost

earnings, but do not include payments that compensate for actual medical bills

or for property loss or damage.

(b) If a parent receives payments from an IRA, defined contribution, or deferred

compensation plan, income does not include contributions to that account that

were previously considered as the parent’s income used to calculate an earlier

child

- support obligation for a child in this case. To the extent that the funds

rec e ived are equ ivalent to the amount of the funds contributed by the parent

while paying child support, that amount should be excluded from the

computation of gross income.

(c)(1) When a monthly auxiliary Social Sec urity payment is paid directly to a payee

parent on behalf of a child(ren) , that payment shall be treated as child support pa id

by the payor when:

i) The monthly auxiliary benefit is paid from the p ayor’s s ocial s ecurity

account; and

ii) T he payor and the payee are parties to the same child support case and the

monthly auxiliary payment will benefit those same child ( ren )

. (2) If the monthly auxiliary benefit paid to the payee parent exceeds the amount

of child support the court has ordered to be paid, then the excess benefit shall

be treated as a gift that should not be credited against future child support or

past due child support unless otherwise ordered by the court . If the monthly

auxiliary payment does not satisfy the monthly child support for which the

payor is responsible, then the payor is responsible for the difference unless the

court finds that a deviation is warranted as set forth in Section II, Paragraph 2

herein

. (3) In the event that the auxiliary benefit is paid directly to the payor parent,

then the payor parent shall use those funds to pay his or her child support

obl igation to the payee parent.

iv. Military specialty pay, allowance for quarters and rations, housing, veterans’

administration benefits, G.I. benefits (other than education allotment), or drill pay.

(a) If the servicemember receives housing pay and supports anothe r home (i.e.

second residence), housing pay is not considered income to the individual.

v. Tips, gratuities, royalties, interest, dividends, fees, or gambling or lottery winnings.

vi. Capital gains to the extent that they result from recurring transactions.

vii. The standard (basic needs) portion of adoption subsidies for children in the case

under consideration (do not consider the medical needs and intensive rate portion

of the subsidy, nor the family support subsidy as income).7 viii. Any money or inco me due or owed b y another individual, source of income,

government, or other legal entity.

ix. Income also includes the market value of perquisites (perks) received as goods,

services, or other noncash benefit for which the parent did not pay, if they reduce

personal expenses, and have significant value or are received regularly.

(a) Common forms of perquisites (perks) or goods and services received in

- kind

include, but are not limited to , the following: housing, meals, or room and

board, personal use of a company business vehicle or mileage reimbursement,

including use between home and primary worksite, and other goods or

services.

(b) Perquisites (perks) do not include money paid by an employer fo r benefits like

tuition reimbursement, educational cost reimbursement, uniforms, and health

savings account (HSA) contributions.

x. The court may consider assets available to generate income for child support. For

example, the court may determine the reasonable earning potential of any asset at

its market value and assess against it the current Treasury bill interest rate or some

other similar appropriate method of computing income.

T o further this State’s policy of interpret ing “income” broadly for the benefit of child ren , a support order may include as its basis a percentage of a bonus to be paid in the future. The child

support attributable to a bonus amount (or another one

- time source of money) shall be in addition

to the pe riodic child

- support obligation. This child

- support obligation shall terminate when the

underlying child

- support obligation terminates. Variable income such as commissions, bonuses,

overtime pay, military bonuses, and dividends shall be averaged by the co urt over a reasonable

period of time consistent with the circumstances of the case and added to a parent's fixed salary or

wages to determine gross income. When income is received on an irregular, nonrecurring, or one

time basis, the court may, but is not required to, average or prorate the income over a reasonable

specified period of time or require the parent to pay as a one

- time support amount a percentage of

his or her nonrecurring income.

O ne

- time sources of money like an inheritance

, gambling or lottery winning, or liquidating

a C ertificate of D eposit , for example, is income for these Guidelines purposes (as detailed in the

previous paragraph)

. If the receipt of an asset is not sold or otherwise disposed of

, however, then

it has not “realized a gain” and therefore is not income under these Guidelines.

3. Income from S elf

- employment, B usiness O wners, E xecutives, and O thers

a. Difficulty in determining income for self

- employed individuals, business owners,

and others occurs for several reasons including:

i. T hese individuals often have types of income and expenses not frequently

encountered when determining income for most people.

ii. Taxation rules, business records, and forms associated with business

ownership and self

- employment differ from those that apply to individuals employed by

others. Common business documents reflect policies unrelated to an obligation to support

one ’ s child.

iii. Due to the control that business owners or executives exercise over the form

and manner of their compensation, a parent, or a parent with the cooperation of a business

owner or executive, may arrange compensation to reduce the amount visible to others

looking for common forms of income.8

b. T o determine monies that a parent has available for support, it may be necessary to

examine business tax returns, balance sheets, accounting or banking records, and other business

documents to identify a dditional monies a parent has available for support th at were not included

as personal income. At a minimum, a self

- employed parent shall provide their two most recent

years of state and federal tax returns. The parent should provide three years of tax returns when

there is a reduced, deferred, or elective income situation. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, t he

court may award expert witness fees when necessary to determine self

- employed parent’s incom e.

c. For income from self

- employment, proprietorship of a business, or ownership or a

partnership or closely held corporation, gross income is defined as gross receipts minus ordinary and

necessary expenses required for self

- employment or business operation, including an employer’s

share of FICA. However, the court should exclude from thos e expenses amounts allowed by the

Internal Revenue Service for accel erated depreciation of investment tax credits for purposes of the se

G uidelines and add those amounts back in to determine gross income. In general, the court should

carefully review incom e and expenses from a parent’s self

- employment or operation of a business

to determine actual levels of gross income available to the parent

. The court’s duty is to accurately

determine a child

- support obligation in every case. This amount may differ from the determination

of business income for tax purposes.

d

. Whether organized informally, or as a corporation, a partnership, a sole

proprietorship, or other arrangement or entity , these considerations apply to all forms of self

employment and b usiness ownership, as well as to business executives and others who may receive

similar forms of compensation.

e

. For purposes of this subsection, income includes amounts that were not otherwise

included as income elsewhere in this chapter. S pecial atten tion shall be given to the following

forms of compensation:

i. Distributed profits, profit sharing, officers’ fees and other compensation,

management or consulting fees, commissions, and bonuses.

ii. In

- kind income or perquisites (perks) , gifts, free admission to entertainment,

or personal use of business property. The value of these items must be based on a fair

- market

price, that is , the price a person not affiliated with the business would pay

. I n

- kind payments

received by a parent from sel f

- employment or the operation of a business is income if

the payments are significant and reduce personal living expenses.

f

. Redirected income, or amounts treated by the business or company as if the

redirected amounts were something other than the parent ’ s income. Amounts include, but are not

limited to , the following :

i. Personal loans

. Presume personal loans from a business are in fact redirected

income, unless all the following are true: (1) the parent signed a contract or promissory note

outlining the terms of the loan, (2) the business maintains records showing the loan owed as

a receivable, (3) the parent makes installment payments and the present loan is paid current,

and (4) the interest earned and repayment rate appear to be a reasonable business practice.

Unless the presumption is overcome by a preponderance of the evidence

, then a parent ’ s income includes the difference between the amount the parent repays and a repayment

amount for a similar commercially available unsecured personal loan.

ii. Payments made to friends or relatives of the parent. If the business cannot

demonstrate that the payments are equivalent to a fair market value payment for the work or

services the friend or relative performs, then include any amount that exceeds the fair

- market

value as the parent’s income.9

g

. Reduced or deferred income. Because a parent’s compensation can be rearranged to

hide income, determine whether unnecessary reductions in salaries, fees, or distributed profits have

occurred by comparing amounts and rates to historical patterns.

i. Unless the busine ss can demonstrate legitimate reasons for a

substantial reduction in the percentage of distributed profits, use a three

- year average to determine the amount to include as a parent’s income.

ii. Unless a business can demonstrate legitimate reasons for reduc tions

(as a percentage of gross business income) in salaries, bonuses, management fees, or

other amounts paid to a parent, use a three

- year average to determine the amount

to include as a parent’s income.

h

. Business i ncome subject to elective treatment

. Income that is subject to elective status ( for

example, retained income) may be considered as income after the court considers the circumstances

and history of the elective treatment, which includes but is not limited to the status prior to the

implement ation of the support order. If a change in the status was made after the original election,

then a c ou rt can either choose to include the income in child

- support calculation s or not include it

in the calculations

.

i

. Deductions for Tax Purposes. For a variety of historical and policy reasons, the

government allows considerable deductions for business

- related expenses before taxes are calculated.

Those same considerations are not always relevant to monies a parent should have available for child

su pport. Therefore, some deductions should be added back into a parent ’ s income for purposes of

determining child support . The deductions include, but are not limited to, the following:

i. Rent paid by the business to the parent, if it is not counted as income

on that parent’s personal tax return.

ii. Real estate depreciation shall always be added back into a parent’s

income when calculating support.

iii

. Depreciation figured at a straight

- line (not accelerated) rate on a

parent’s (not a corp oration’s or partnership’s) tangible personal property, other than for

personal vehicles or home offices, sh all be deducted from income. Any parent who uses

accelerated depreciation for tangible personal property may deduct the value of the

straight

- line depreciation amount for property other than personal vehicles or home

offices, if the parent prov es what the straight

- line amounts would have been.

iv

. Home office expenses, including rent, hazard insurance, utilities,

repairs, and maintenance.

v. Entert ainment expenses spent by the parent. Legitimate expenses

for customers ’ entertainment may be treated as deductions.

vi. Travel expense reimbursements, except where such expenses are

inherent in the nature of the business or occupation ( for example , a tr aveling salesperson),

and do not exceed the standard rates allowed by the S tate of Arkansas for employee travel.

vii. Personal automobile repair and maintenance expenses.

4. Gross Income Exclu sions :

Gross income does not include b enefits received from means

- tested public assistance

programs, such as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security

Income (SSI ) received for self or any child ; Food Stamps and General Assistance; i ncome

derived by other household members ; child support , adoption subsidy payments, and foster

care board payments received for other children not involved in the case

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5. Spousal Support:

If a parent paying spousal support also pays child support to the same person, then the

amount of alimony a former payee spouse may be receiving shall be reduced from the payor’s gross

income and added to the payee’s gross income for purposes of determining income un der the child

support calculation.

6. Other Child Support Paid:

Any previous or existing court orders requiring the payment of current child support

shall receive priority over any subsequent child

- support obligation. A subsequent support

obligation shall not constitute the sole basis for a material change of circumstances sufficient to

support a petition to the court for modification of a prior child

- support order.

C urrent c hild support paid for the benefit of children other than those considered in

this computation, to the extent such payment or payments are required by a previous court

order, shall be deducted from gross income. Child support arrearage payment s shall not be

considered in determining a payor’s gross income.

7. Income Verification:

The Affidavit of Financial Means and Worksheet shall be used in all family

- support matters.

Each party shall exchange the Affidavit of Financial Means and Worksheet at least three days before

a hearing to establish or modify a support order. The Worksheet shall be filed in the c ourt file and

attached to the order that includes the child

- support award

. The Affidavit of Financial Means shall

not be filed in the court file.

A court may rely on suitable documentation of current earnings, preferably for at least one

month . Suitable documentation includes

, but is not limited to

, pay stubs, e mployer statements or

verifications, and receipts and expense s if the parent is self

- employed.

Verification of current earnings, whether they are reflected on the Affidavit of Financial

Means or not, can be supported with copies of the most recent federal and state tax returns that a

parent has filed.

Income can also be verified through the Department of Workforce Services or through the

Department of Finance and Administration.

8. Income Imputation Considerations:

If imputation of income is ordered, the court must take into consideration the specific

circumstances of both parent s

, to the extent known, including such factors as the pare nts’ assets,

residence, employment and earnings history, job skills, educational attainment, literacy, age, health,

criminal record and other employment barriers, and record of seeking work, as well as the local job

market, the availability of employers wi lling to hire the parent, prevailing earnings level in the local

community, and other relevant background factors in the case.11

There is a rebuttable presumption that the payor and the payee can work full

- time or

earn full

- time income

, and the court may calculate child support based on a determination of

potential income that would otherwise ordinarily be available to the parties.

The court may consider a disability or the presence of young children or disabled

children who must be cared for by the paren t as being a reason why a parent is unable to work

.

Although Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and other means

- tested

public assistance benefits are not included in gross income, income may be imputed to these

recipients.

In addition to determining potential earnings, the court may impute income to any non

income producing assets of either parent, if significant, other than a primary residence or personal

property. Examples of such assets are vacation homes (if not maintained as rental property) and idle

land. The current rate determined by the court is the rate at which income may be imputed to

such nonperforming assets.

Section IV. Health Insurance , Extraordinary Medical Expense s, and Childcare Costs

Three additional child

- rearing expenses

— h ealth insurance premium s , extraordinary

medical expenses, and childcare expenses

— shall be add ed to the Worksheet and must be

considered by the court when determining the total child

- support obligation. If either or both

parents carry health insurance for the child(ren), incur extraordinary medical expenses for the

child(ren) , or pay for child care expenses for one or more children who receive support, the cost of

the se expenses shall be added to the Worksheet . T he court may in turn add one or more of these

expenses to the basic child

- support obligation as detailed below.

1. Health insurance:

The court shall consider provisions for the children ’ s health care needs through health

insurance coverage. Health insurance coverage is considered reasonable if the cost of dependent

coverage does not exceed 5% of the gross income of the parent who is to provide coverage. The

court may require coverage by one or both parents who can obtain the most comprehensive

coverage through an employer or otherwise, and at the most reasonable cost.

If the employer provides some coverage, then only th e amount the employee pays shall be

used in the calculation of support. This amount may be determined by the difference between self

only coverage and family coverage, or the cost of medical insurance for the child. If the amounts

for self

- only and family coverage cannot be verified, the n the total cost of the premium may be

divided by the total number of persons covered by the policy and then multiplied by the number

of children in the support order. If the party providing coverage does not incur an additional cost

to add the child(ren)

, then no amount sh all be added to the child

- support obligation for insurance

.

2. Extraordinary Medical Expenses :

Extraordinary medical expenses may be added to the basic child

- support obligation and may

include uninsured expenses for a single illness or condition. It may include but is not limited to

reasonable and necessary costs for orthodontia, dental treatment, asthma treatment, physical therapy,

uninsured chronic health problems, and professional counseling or psychiatric therapy for diagnosed12

mental disorders (includ ing any reasonable treatment or diagnostic testing needed to diagnose

whether there is a recognized mental disorder or disability in the first place)

.

3. Childcare Costs:

The child care costs that a parent incurs due to employment or the search for employment

is the third add

- on to the Worksheet , and they may be considered in the total child

- support

obligation

. Childcare costs must be reasonable, not to exceed the level required to provide quality

c are for child(ren) from a licensed provider.

Section V. Computation of Child Support

1. Calculation and Use of Worksheet:

Except as provided in Section II, paragraph 3 , Self

- Support Reserve, t he gross income

of both parents shall first be determined and combined. Each parent ’s share of the combined

total gross income is then determined based on their percentage of the combined income.

Next, the basic child

- support obligation is determined by looking at the Chart for the parties’

combined income and the number of children they have. A presumptive child

- support

obligation is then determined by adding the allowed additional monthly child

- rearing expenses

( including health insurance premiums, extraordinary medical expenses, and childcare

expe nses ) . Each parent’s share of additional child

- rearing expenses is determin ed by

multiplying the percentage of income they have available for support

, which was determined

in step 1. The total child

- support obligation for each parent is determined by add ing each

parent’s share of the child

- support obligation with their share of allowed additional child

rearing expenses. Lastly, the payor receives a credit for the additional child

- rearing expenses

that the payor is paying out of pocket, resulting in their presumed child

- support order. See the

“Forms” Addendum for a sample child

- support calculation.

The payor par ent shall owe his or her presumed child

- support obligation as a money

judgment of child support to pa yee parent

.

All orders granting or modifying child support shall contain the court’s determination of

both parents’ gross income and shall specify who is the payor parent and who is the payee parent

. Any order shall also state the amount of health insurance premiums, extraordinary medical expenses,

and childcare expenses allowed in determining the total child

- support obligation

. See the “Forms”

Addendum for sample language that may be used

.

2. Shared Custody Adjustment :

In cases where the parties share approximately an equal amount of time, the parties

shall complete the Worksheet and Affidavit of Financial Means. The court shall then set

the child support obligation by offsetting the smaller obligation against the larger o bligation

on the Worksheet . The parent with the larger obligation shall pay to the other parent the

difference between the two obligations

. If the court de termines that the Worksheet

- based offset

amount is inappropriate, the court may deviate after having c onsider ed the deviation factors set

forth in Section II, Paragraph 2 above, including what is in the child’s or children’s best interest.

In cases where the parties share less than an equal amount of time bu t each parent has

both parents have responsibility of the child(ren) for at least 141 overnights per calendar year

,13

the parties shall complete the Worksheet and Affidavit of Financial Means. The c ourt

may then consider the time spent by the child(ren) with the payor parent as a basis for

adjust ing the child

- support amount from the amount determined on the Worksheet

.

2F 3 In

particular, in deciding whether to apply an additional credit, the court should consider

the presence and amount of disparity between the income of the parties , giving more

weight to those disparities in the parties’ income of less than 20% and considering which

parent is responsible for the majority of the non

- duplicated fixed expenditures, such as

routine clothing costs, costs for extracurricular activities, school supplies, and any other

similar non

- duplicated fixed expenditures. This discretionary adjustment is base d on the

number of overnights

, or overnight equivalents

, that a parent spends with a child pursuant

to a court order. For purposes of this section, overnight equivalents are calculated using

a method other than overnights if the parent has significant tim e periods on separate days

whe n the child is in the parent’s physical custody

, under the direct care of the parent

, but

does not stay overnight.

3. Split Custody:

When each of the parents have sole custody of one or more of the children, a

theoretical support obligation for each parent shall be determined based on the number of

children in the other household and offsetting the smaller obligation against the larger one

o bligation . The parent with the larger obligation pays the difference shall pay to the other

parent the difference between the two obligations . To accomplish this calculation

, a

Worksheet must be completed for each cu stod y arrangement

. T here must be s eparate

worksheets for the child ( ren ) who do not live primarily with the other(s)

.

4. Third

- party Custody:

When one or more children are not in the care of either biological parent, a child

support order can issue against each parent. The support amount is calculated by using the

Worksheet and c omputing the obligation of each parent by multiplying each parent ’ s share of

income by the total child

- support obligation. Both parties shall owe his or her total child

support obligation as a money judgment of child support to the third

- party caretaker or guardian.

I f only one parent is available, that parent’s sole income shall be used to determine the total gross

income and one hundred percent of the basic child

- support obligation shall be given to that parent

. If the third

- party caretaker or guardian incurs costs for health insurance premiums, extraordinary

medical expenses, and childcare expenses, those expenses may be apportioned pro rata between t he

parents

, or apportioned by the court if only one parent is available

, as a deviation from these

Guidelines.

SECTION VI. Miscellaneous Provisions

1. Allocation of Dependents for Tax Purposes :

3 T he Guidelines intend for the court to deviate (in an amount to be determined ) on a case

- by

case basis when the payor parent has m ore than 141 over nights with a child(ren). This

discretionary deviation shall also apply when the parents each have the child(ren) for

approximately 50% of the time.14

Allocation of dependents for tax purposes belongs to the payee parent pursuant to the

Internal Revenue Code. However, if allowed by s tate or f ederal law, the c ourt shall have the

discretion to grant dependency allocation, or any part of it, to the payor p arent if the benefit of the

allocation to the payor parent substantially outweighs the benefit to the payee parent

.

2. Administrative Costs :

The amount paid to the Clerk of the Court or to the Arkansas Clearinghouse for

administrative costs pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 9

- 12

- 312(e)(1)(A), § 9

- 10

- 109(b)(1)(A) and §

9

- 14

- 804(b) shall not be included as support.

3. Provisions for payment

All child

- support orders shall fix the beginning date of the child

- support obligation and the

interval (weekly, bi

- weekly, semimonthly, or monthly) on which payments shall be made.

Child

- support obligations shall be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar. All other

computations relating to the determination of a payor’s child

- support oblig ation shall u se mathematical rules for rounding. If the number you are rounding is followed by 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9,

round the number up. For e xample: 37.5 will be rounded to 38. If the number you are rounding is

followed by 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, round the number down. For example, 37.4 will be rounded to 37.

Each parent’s share of the basic child

- support obligation on Line 5 of the Worksheet should be

rounded to two decimal places.

All child

- support orders shall include a provision for immediate implementation of income

withholding or withholding f rom a financial institution , absent a finding of good cause not to

require immediate income withholding or withholding from a financial i nstitution

. All withholding

forms shall be filed in the court file and have a security level where it can only be viewed by the

parties and attorneys of record. Circuit clerks shall only release the withholding order to parties

, their employers, and attorneys of record.

Payment shall be made through the Arkansas Clearinghouse pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §

9

- 14

- 805.

4. Sharin g of income information

Parents shall provide proof of income for a previous calendar year whenever requested in

writing by certified mail by the other parent, but not more than one (1) time a year

.15 FORMS ADDENDUM

Sample Calculation

Step 1: The gross income of both parents is determined and combined. Payor parent

earns $2,000 and ( payee p arent earns $1,000, for a $3,000 combined gross income. Each

parents’ share of income is then determined based on their percentage of the combined income.

Payor earns 66.66% of the income, and payee earns 33.33% of the income.

Step 2: The basic child

- support obligation is determined by looking at the Chart for

the $3,000 combined income and is $469 for the parties’ one child

. Each parent’s share of the

basic child

- support obligation is then determined: 66.66% of $469 is $312.6 7 ( pay or parent )

, and 33.33% of $469 is $156.3 3 ( payee parent )

.

Step 3: A presumptive child

- support obligation is then determined by adding the

allowed additional monthly child

- rearing expenses including health insurance premiums,

extraordinary medical expenses, and childcare expenses . In this case, the court allows $100

that payor parent is paying for the child’s health insurance premium and $200 that payee parent

is paying for childcare expenses, for a total of $300 for additional child

- rearing expenses. Each

parent’s share of addition al child

- rearing expenses is determining by mu ltiplying the percentage

of income they have available for support (see step 1) by the total expenses: 66.66% of $300 is

$200 ( payor parent ), and 33.33% of $300 is $100 ( payee parent ).

Step 4: The total child

- support obligation for each parent is determined by adding each

parent’s share of the child

- support obligation with their share of allowed additional child

rearing expenses. Payor parent ($312.6 7 plus $200) has a total child

- support obligation of

$ 512.67 , and payee parent ( $156.33 plus $100) has a total child

- support obligation of $256.33.

Step 5: The payor receives a credit for the additional child

- rearing expenses that he is

paying out of pocket. In this example, payor is paying $100 for the child’s health insurance

premium , so we deduct $100 from payor ’s total child

- support obligation of $512.67. Payor

has a presumed child

- support order of $412.67 , which shall be rounded down to $412.

Sample language for a court order based on the calculation provided above :

The court has determine d that Plaintiff ( payor ) earns a gross income of $2,000 per

month and Defendant ( payee ) earns a gross income of $1,000 per month. Therefore, the

parents’ combined gross income is $3,000 with a basic child

- support obligation of $469 for

their one child per the Chart. The court also finds that Plaintiff ( payor ) is paying for the

child’s health insurance premium in the amount of $100 per month a nd that Defendant ( payee )

is paying $200 for childcare expenses, for a total of $300 for additional child

- rearing expenses.

Plaintiff ( payor ) is responsible for 66% of the total obligation ($312.67 share of basic obligation

plus $200 for expenses) and has a total child

- support obligation of $512.67. Defendant ( payee )

is responsible for 33% of the total obligation ($156.33 share of basic obligation plus $100 for

expenses) and has a total child

- support obligation of $256.33. Plaintiff, as the payor, shall

receive a $100 credit for the additional child

- rearing expenses that he is paying out of pocket.

Plaintiff shall pay $412 per month to Defendant beginning on March 1, 2020, and he shall

continue to cover the child’s health insurance prem ium.16

Child Support Worksheet

Number of children for whom support is sought__

Plaintiff is payee/payor (circle one) and Defendant is payee/payor (circle one)

Pa yee Pa yor Combined

PART I: Monthly Income

Line 1: Child support guidelines income

Line 1a: Permissible deduction from income

Line 1b: Another Permissible deduction from income

Line 2: Income available for support (Line 1 minus Line 1a

minus Line 1b)

Line 3: Each parent’s share of income available for support

(Each parent’s line 2 divided by combined line 2)

PART II: Basic Obligation

Line 4: Basic child

- support obligation from monthly chart.

Line 5: Each parent’s share of the basic child

- support obligation

(each parent’s line 3 multiplied by combined Line 4)

PART III: Additional Monthly Child

- Rearing Expenses

Line 6: Cost of the child’s health insurance

Line 7: Cost of the child’s extraordinary medical expenses

Line 8: Cost of work

- related child care expenses

Line 9: Total additional child

- rearing expenses (sum of line 6, 7

& 8)

Line 10: Each parent’s share of additional child

- rearing expenses

(each parent’s line 3 multiplied by combined Line 9)

PART IV: Monthly Child

- Support Order

Line 11: Total child

- support obligation

(each parent’s line 5 plus line 10)

Line 12: Credit for additional child

- rearing expenses (obligor’s

line 9 only)

Line 13: Presumed child

- support order (Line 11 minus line 12

for obligor only)17 Family Support Chart of Basic Child Support Obligations

(Self

- Support Reserve = $900/month, Minimum Order = $125 per month)

Combined

Gross

Monthly

Income

3F 4 One

Child Two

Children Three

Children Four

Children Five

Children Six

Children

1

- 1050 125 125 125 125 125 125

1100 140 142 144 146 148 150

1150 175 178 180 183 185 188

1200 203 213 216 219 222 225

1250 211 249 252 256 259 263

1300 218 284 288 292 296 300

1350 226 320 324 329 333 338

1400 234 343 360 365 370 375

1450 241 354 396 402 407 413

1500 249 365 432 438 444 450

1550 256 376 454 475 481 488

1600 264 387 468 511 518 525

1650 271 398 481 537 555 563

1700 279 409 494 552 592 600

1750 286 420 507 567 623 638

1800 293 431 520 581 639 675

1850 301 442 534 596 656 713

1900 308 453 547 611 672 730

1950 316 463 560 626 688 748

2000 323 474 573 640 704 765

2050 330 485 586 654 720 783

2100 338 496 599 669 736 800

2150 345 506 612 683 752 817

2200 352 517 625 698 768 834

2250 360 528 638 712 784 852

2300 367 538 651 727 799 869

2350 374 549 664 741 815 886

2400 381 560 677 756 831 904

2450 389 571 689 770 847 921

2500 396 581 702 785 863 938

2550 403 592 715 799 879 955

2600 411 603 728 814 895 973

2650 418 613 741 828 911 990

4 The Combined Gross Monthly Income does not apply in cases where the child support amou nt is in the blue

shaded area.18 2700 425 624 754 842 927 1007

2750 433 635 767 857 943 1025

2800 440 646 780 871 958 1042

2850 447 656 793 886 974 1059

2900 454 667 806 900 990 1076

2950 462 678 819 915 1006 1094

3000 469 688 832 929 1022 1111

3050 476 699 845 944 1038 1128

3100 484 710 858 958 1054 1146

3150 491 720 871 972 1070 1163

3200 498 731 883 987 1085 1180

3250 505 742 896 1001 1101 1197

3300 512 752 909 1015 1117 1214

3350 520 763 922 1029 1132 1231

3400 527 773 934 1044 1148 1248

3450 534 784 947 1058 1164 1265

3500 541 794 960 1072 1180 1282

3550 548 805 973 1087 1195 1299

3600 556 816 986 1101 1211 1316

3650 563 826 998 1115 1227 1333

3700 570 837 1011 1129 1242 1350

3750 577 847 1024 1144 1258 1367

3800 584 858 1037 1158 1274 1385

3850 592 868 1049 1172 1289 1402

3900 599 879 1062 1186 1305 1419

3950 606 890 1075 1201 1321 1436

4000 612 899 1086 1213 1335 1451

4050 619 908 1097 1226 1348 1465

4100 625 917 1108 1238 1362 1480

4150 631 926 1119 1250 1375 1495

4200 637 935 1130 1263 1389 1510

4250 644 945 1141 1275 1402 1524

4300 650 954 1152 1287 1416 1539

4350 656 963 1163 1300 1429 1554

4400 662 972 1174 1312 1443 1569

4450 668 981 1185 1324 1457 1583

4500 675 990 1197 1337 1470 1598

4550 681 999 1208 1349 1484 1613

4600 687 1008 1219 1361 1497 1628

4650 693 1018 1230 1373 1511 1642

4700 699 1027 1241 1386 1524 1657

4750 706 1036 1252 1398 1538 1672

4800 712 1045 1263 1410 1552 1686

4850 718 1054 1274 1423 1565 1701

4900 724 1063 1285 1435 1579 171619 4950 731 1072 1296 1447 1592 1731

5000 737 1081 1307 1460 1606 1745

5050 743 1091 1318 1472 1619 1760

5100 749 1100 1329 1484 1633 1775

5150 755 1109 1340 1497 1646 1790

5200 762 1118 1351 1509 1660 1804

5250 768 1127 1362 1521 1674 1819

5300 774 1136 1373 1534 1687 1834

5350 780 1145 1384 1546 1701 1849

5400 785 1152 1392 1555 1710 1859

5450 788 1154 1394 1557 1712 1861

5500 790 1156 1395 1559 1715 1864

5550 793 1159 1397 1561 1717 1866

5600 795 1161 1399 1563 1719 1869

5650 798 1163 1401 1565 1721 1871

5700 800 1165 1403 1567 1724 1873

5750 802 1167 1405 1569 1726 1876

5800 805 1170 1406 1571 1728 1878

5850 807 1172 1408 1573 1730 1881

5900 810 1174 1410 1575 1733 1883

5950 812 1176 1412 1577 1735 1886

6000 815 1178 1414 1579 1737 1888

6050 817 1181 1416 1582 1740 1891

6100 821 1185 1421 1587 1746 1897

6150 824 1189 1425 1592 1751 1904

6200 827 1193 1430 1598 1757 1910

6250 830 1197 1435 1603 1763 1916

6300 834 1201 1440 1608 1769 1923

6350 837 1205 1444 1613 1775 1929

6400 840 1209 1449 1619 1781 1936

6450 843 1214 1454 1624 1787 1942

6500 847 1218 1459 1629 1792 1948

6550 850 1222 1464 1635 1798 1955

6600 853 1226 1468 1640 1804 1961

6650 856 1230 1473 1645 1810 1967

6700 860 1234 1478 1651 1816 1974

6750 865 1240 1485 1659 1825 1984

6800 870 1247 1494 1669 1835 1995

6850 875 1254 1502 1678 1846 2006

6900 880 1261 1510 1687 1856 2017

6950 886 1268 1519 1696 1866 2028

7000 891 1274 1527 1705 1876 2039

7050 896 1281 1535 1715 1886 2050

7100 901 1288 1543 1724 1896 2061

7150 907 1295 1552 1733 1907 207220 7200 912 1302 1560 1742 1917 2083

7250 917 1308 1568 1752 1927 2095

7300 923 1315 1576 1761 1937 2106

7350 928 1322 1585 1770 1947 2117

7400 932 1328 1592 1778 1956 2126

7450 936 1334 1598 1785 1964 2135

7500 939 1340 1605 1793 1972 2143

7550 943 1345 1611 1800 1980 2152

7600 947 1351 1618 1807 1988 2161

7650 950 1357 1624 1814 1996 2169

7700 954 1362 1631 1821 2004 2178

7750 957 1368 1637 1828 2011 2186

7800 961 1373 1643 1835 2019 2195

7850 964 1379 1649 1842 2027 2203

7900 968 1384 1656 1849 2034 2211

7950 971 1390 1662 1856 2042 2220

8000 975 1395 1668 1863 2050 2228

8050 978 1401 1674 1870 2057 2236

8100 980 1402 1676 1872 2060 2239

8150 982 1404 1678 1875 2062 2242

8200 984 1406 1681 1877 2065 2245

8250 986 1408 1683 1880 2068 2248

8300 988 1410 1685 1882 2070 2250

8350 989 1411 1687 1885 2073 2253

8400 991 1413 1689 1887 2076 2256

8450 993 1415 1691 1889 2078 2259

8500 995 1417 1694 1892 2081 2262

8550 997 1419 1696 1894 2084 2265

8600 999 1420 1698 1897 2086 2268

8650 1001 1422 1700 1899 2089 2271

8700 1002 1424 1702 1902 2092 2274

8750 1005 1427 1705 1905 2095 2278

8800 1008 1430 1709 1909 2100 2283

8850 1011 1434 1714 1914 2106 2289

8900 1014 1438 1718 1919 2111 2294

8950 1017 1442 1722 1923 2116 2300

9000 1020 1445 1726 1928 2121 2305

9050 1023 1449 1730 1933 2126 2311

9100 1027 1453 1735 1937 2131 2317

9150 1030 1457 1739 1942 2136 2322

9200 1033 1461 1743 1947 2141 2328

9250 1036 1464 1747 1951 2147 2333

9300 1039 1468 1751 1956 2152 2339

9350 1042 1472 1755 1961 2157 2344

9400 1045 1476 1760 1965 2162 235021 9450 1048 1478 1763 1970 2167 2355

9500 1050 1480 1767 1974 2171 2360

9550 1053 1483 1770 1977 2175 2364

9600 1055 1485 1774 1981 2180 2369

9650 1057 1487 1777 1985 2184 2374

9700 1060 1489 1781 1989 2188 2379

9750 1062 1491 1784 1993 2193 2383

9800 1064 1493 1788 1997 2197 2388

9850 1067 1495 1791 2001 2201 2393

9900 1069 1497 1795 2005 2206 2397

9950 1071 1499 1799 2009 2210 2402

10000 1074 1501 1802 2013 2214 2407

10050 1076 1504 1806 2017 2219 2412

10100 1078 1506 1809 2021 2223 2416

10150 1081 1508 1813 2025 2227 2421

10200 1083 1510 1816 2029 2232 2426

10250 1085 1512 1820 2033 2236 2430

10300 1088 1514 1823 2037 2240 2435

10350 1090 1516 1827 2040 2245 2440

10400 1092 1518 1830 2044 2249 2444

10450 1095 1521 1834 2049 2253 2449

10500 1098 1526 1839 2054 2260 2456

10550 1102 1531 1844 2060 2266 2463

10600 1106 1536 1850 2066 2273 2471

10650 1109 1542 1855 2072 2279 2478

10700 1113 1547 1860 2078 2286 2485

10750 1116 1552 1866 2084 2292 2492

10800 1120 1557 1871 2090 2299 2499

10850 1123 1562 1876 2096 2305 2506

10900 1127 1568 1881 2101 2312 2513

10950 1130 1573 1887 2107 2318 2520

11000 1134 1578 1892 2113 2324 2527

11050 1137 1583 1897 2119 2331 2534

11100 1141 1589 1903 2125 2338 2541

11150 1145 1595 1908 2132 2345 2549

11200 1149 1600 1914 2138 2352 2557

11250 1153 1606 1920 2145 2359 2564

11300 1156 1612 1926 2151 2366 2572

11350 1160 1618 1931 2157 2373 2580

11400 1164 1623 1937 2164 2380 2587

11450 1168 1629 1943 2170 2387 2595

11500 1172 1635 1949 2177 2395 2603

11550 1176 1641 1955 2183 2402 2611

11600 1180 1646 1960 2190 2409 2618

11650 1184 1652 1966 2196 2416 262622 11700 1187 1658 1972 2203 2423 2634

11750 1191 1664 1978 2209 2430 2642

11800 1195 1668 1984 2216 2437 2649

11850 1198 1672 1990 2222 2445 2657

11900 1202 1677 1996 2229 2452 2665

11950 1206 1681 2002 2236 2459 2673

12000 1209 1686 2008 2242 2467 2681

12050 1213 1690 2013 2249 2474 2689

12100 1216 1695 2019 2256 2481 2697

12150 1220 1699 2025 2262 2489 2705

12200 1223 1703 2031 2269 2496 2713

12250 1227 1708 2037 2276 2503 2721

12300 1231 1712 2043 2282 2511 2729

12350 1234 1717 2049 2289 2518 2737

12400 1238 1721 2055 2296 2525 2745

12450 1241 1725 2061 2302 2532 2753

12500 1245 1730 2067 2309 2540 2761

12550 1248 1734 2073 2316 2547 2769

12600 1252 1739 2079 2322 2554 2777

12650 1256 1743 2085 2329 2562 2785

12700 1259 1748 2091 2335 2569 2792

12750 1263 1752 2097 2342 2576 2800

12800 1266 1756 2103 2349 2584 2808

12850 1270 1761 2109 2355 2591 2816

12900 1273 1765 2115 2362 2598 2824

12950 1277 1770 2121 2369 2606 2832

13000 1280 1774 2127 2375 2613 2840

13050 1284 1779 2132 2382 2620 2848

13100 1288 1783 2138 2389 2627 2856

13150 1291 1787 2144 2395 2635 2864

13200 1295 1792 2150 2402 2642 2872

13250 1298 1796 2156 2409 2649 2880

13300 1302 1801 2162 2415 2657 2888

13350 1305 1805 2168 2422 2664 2896

13400 1309 1809 2174 2428 2671 2904

13450 1313 1814 2180 2435 2679 2912

13500 1316 1818 2186 2442 2686 2920

13550 1320 1823 2192 2448 2693 2928

13600 1323 1827 2198 2455 2701 2936

13650 1326 1831 2202 2460 2706 2942

13700 1329 1834 2206 2465 2711 2947

13750 1331 1838 2211 2469 2716 2952

13800 1334 1841 2215 2474 2721 2958

13850 1337 1844 2219 2478 2726 2963

13900 1339 1848 2223 2483 2731 296923 13950 1342 1851 2227 2487 2736 2974

14000 1345 1854 2231 2492 2741 2979

14050 1347 1858 2235 2496 2746 2985

14100 1350 1861 2238 2500 2750 2990

14150 1352 1864 2242 2504 2755 2994

14200 1354 1867 2245 2508 2759 2999

14250 1357 1870 2249 2512 2763 3004

14300 1359 1873 2253 2516 2768 3008

14350 1361 1876 2256 2520 2772 3013

14400 1363 1879 2260 2524 2776 3018

14450 1366 1882 2263 2528 2781 3023

14500 1368 1885 2267 2532 2785 3027

14550 1370 1888 2270 2536 2790 3032

14600 1373 1891 2274 2540 2794 3037

14650 1375 1894 2277 2544 2798 3042

14700 1377 1897 2281 2548 2803 3046

14750 1380 1900 2284 2552 2807 3051

14800 1382 1903 2288 2556 2811 3056

14850 1384 1906 2292 2560 2816 3061

14900 1387 1909 2295 2564 2820 3065

14950 1389 1911 2299 2568 2824 3070

15000 1391 1914 2302 2572 2829 3075

15050 1394 1917 2306 2576 2833 3080

15100 1396 1920 2309 2580 2838 3084

15150 1398 1923 2313 2584 2842 3089

15200 1401 1926 2316 2587 2846 3094

15250 1403 1929 2320 2591 2851 3099

15300 1405 1932 2324 2595 2855 3103

15350 1408 1935 2327 2599 2859 3108

15400 1410 1938 2331 2603 2864 3113

15450 1412 1941 2334 2607 2868 3118

15500 1414 1944 2338 2611 2872 3122

15550 1417 1947 2341 2615 2877 3127

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COUNTY, ARKANSAS

(Domestic Relations Division) _____Division

Plaintiff

v. Case No. _____DR__________________

Defendant

AFFIDAVIT OF FINANCIAL MEANS

Name:_________________________, being duly sworn, says under penalty of perjury, that

he/she has prepared or approved this financial statement, and that the following information and

attachments ( including income verification as required by page 6 ) are com plete, true, and

correct.

__________________ _____________________________ Date Signature

Subscribed and sworn to before me on this day of 20

.

Notar y Public

My commission expires:

MY INCOME

1. How often are you paid?

____ weekly

____ bi

- weekly (every two weeks

— 26 times a year)

____ monthly

____ bi

- monthly (twice a month

– 24 times a year)

____ other

–

Explain (attach an exhibit if necessary):

2. Gross Pay :

$__________________________

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______ ______ Initials Initials32 INCOME

3 I ncome: Amount: Source Frequency

3 .1 Gross wages from employment,

contract labor, etc.

3

. 2 Bonuses or incentive pay not

reflected on page 2:

3

. 3 Other court

- ordered income

such as alimony/child support

paid to you:

3

. 4 Payments from a settlement or

annuity:

3

. 5 Regular gifts from relatives or

friends:

3

. 6 Investment income such as rent

payments to you:

3

. 7 Stock dividends or bond

payments:

3

. 8 Regular payments to you or on

your behalf from a Trust:

3

. 9 Other:

3

. 10 TOTAL

MONTHLY INCOME: $

OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDS

4 ASSET AMOUNT SOURCE

4 .1 Cash on hand, and in bank

accounts:

4 .2 Trust fund assets held on your

behalf:

4 .3 Stocks, bonds, mutual funds:

4 .4 Other ( i.e., 401

- K, retirement,

etc):

4 .5 TOTAL:

$

Page 2 of 6

______ ______ Initials Initials33 MY CURRENT MONTHLY EXPENSES *

5

. Expense: Amount: Expense: Amount:

a. Health Insurance

- for

child only $ n. Health Insurance

excludes amount in

“a” $

b. Extraordinary medical

expenses for child in this

case $ o. Non

- covered medical

for self or child not

involved in this case $

c. Childcare for child in

this case $ p. Childcare for child not

involved in this case $

d. Rent/house payment

$ q. Car payment

$

e. Media Services, e.g

. Cable/Satellite, Internet $ r. Car Insurance

$

f. Telephone

$ s. Car fuel and

maintenance $

g. Gas, water, trash, &

electricity $ t. Lawn care

$

h. Union dues $ u. Charitable giving $

i. Pension plan $ v. Household Expenses $

j. 401(k) payments $ w. Dry cleaning $

k. Garnishments $ x. Life Insurance : $

l. Alcohol and Tobacco

Products Cigarettes $ y. Other: $

m. Food Alcohol $ z. TOTAL $

* Place a check mark by all expenses which you are not currently paying.

Page 3 of 6

______ ______ Initials Initials34 MINOR CHILDREN

6

. Number of children:

a. Number of minor children I have with opposing party: #

b. Number of other minor children I have: #

c. Names of minor children involved in this case: AGE

1.

2.

3.

4.

CREDITORS & DEBTS

7

. Debts in the names of BOTH PARTIES are:

Creditor: Total amount owed: Monthly payment:

a. $ $

b. $ $

c. $ $

d. $ $

e. $ $

f. $ $

Totals: $ $

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____ ___ ______ Initials Initials35

8

. Debts only in my name:

Creditor: Total amount owed: Monthly payment:

a. $ $

b. $ $

c. $ $

d. $ $

e. $ $

Totals: $ $

9

. Debts only in the name of the other party:

Creditor: Total amount owed: Monthly payment:

a. $ $

b. $ $

c. $ $

d. $ $

e. $ $

Totals: $ $

1 0 . SUMMARY OF ABOVE DEBT TABLES :

Summary of Debts: Total Owed: Total Monthly Payments:

a. Joint Debts:

$ $

b. My Debts:

$ $

c. Other Party’s Debts:

$ $

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______ _ ______ Initials Initials36

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONSEQUENCES

I,

_________________________ , understand that I must comply with the following. I

acknowledge and agree to each provision by initialing each paragraph below.

_____Both parties must complete and exchange this s ix

- page affidavit at least three days before a

court hearing where financial matters are at issue

. The affidavit must be provided to opposing

counsel, if a party is represented, or directly to a self

- represented litigant.

_____Both parties must supply the original notarized affidavit to the court.

_____ If I am employed, I must attach copies of my last three paystubs to this affidavit.

_____ If I am self

- employed, I must attach copies of my last two federal and state tax returns,

including all schedules, to this affidavit.

_____ Before each court hearing where financial matters are at issue, I will review this document

and provide updated information to the other party and to the court.

_____ I understand that the cost of dependent health insurance coverage is the difference betw een

self

- only and self with dependents or family coverage or the cost of adding the child(ren) to existing

coverage.

_____ I understand that failing to comply with these provisions, or deliberately attempting to

mislead the court or the opposing party, ma y result in my being held in contempt of court, being

fined, being ordered to pay attorney’s fees, and/or being sentenced up to 6 months in jail, and that

serious violations can result in prosecution for felony perjury

—punishable by 3 to 10 years in prison

.

______________________ ________________________________ Date Signature

I certify that I have reviewed this affidavit with my client and advised him or her of the importance

of providing true, correct, complete answers and the required exhibits.

_______________________ ________________________________ Date Attorney

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______ ______ Initials Initials

Revised 12/2021