Patent ID: 7814011

Claim:
A method for calculating an amount of child support for a user, comprising: (a) providing a child support website on a network having a link to webpages customized for the user wherein access to the customized webpages is provided from the website through a security log-in; (b) providing information specific to the user within the customized webpages, including a child support calculator, links to access child support field offices, and links to case management; (c) providing a database on the network and operably coupled to the customized webpages; (d) receiving, from the user accessing the website via the network, a manual entry of financial data directly into the child support calculator, wherein the financial data relates to a selection of either one of a custodial parent and a non-custodial parent, and wherein the financial data includes information regarding income, number of children, basic support, insurance premiums, child care costs, and child related expenses; (e) providing electronic access to data into within the child support calculator from historical financial data and child support obligations data stored within the electronically stored profile of the user on the database, wherein the historical financial data and child support obligations data relates to the selected parent, and wherein the historical financial data includes information regarding income, number of children, basic support, insurance premiums, child care costs, and child related expenses, and wherein the data related to child support obligations includes information regarding payments, missed payments, and payment schedules; (f) calculating an amount of child support due based on the manual entry of financial data and the electronically accessed historical financial data; and (g) displaying the calculated amount of child support due on the network, wherein the display is customized to the user.