Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 137 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Division 50 - SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Section 137-050-0710 - Calculating Child Support

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) To
			 calculate the guideline support amount:
(a)
			 Determine each parent's income as provided in OAR 137-050-0715.
(b) Determine each parent's adjusted income
			 and percentage share of adjusted income as provided in OAR
			 137-050-0720.
(c) Determine each
			 parent's income available for support ("available income") by deducting the
			 self-support reserve from the parent's adjusted income as provided in OAR
			 137-050-0745.
(d) Determine the
			 basic support obligation and each parent's share, of the basic support
			 obligation as provided in OAR 137-050-0725.
(e) Add to each parent's basic support
			 obligation the parent's share of child care costs as provided in OAR
			 137-050-0735.
(f) Determine each
			 parent's medical support obligation as provided in OAR 137-050-0750. Add each
			 parent's share of health care coverage costs to the parent's obligation. Round
			 cash medical support, if any, to the nearest dollar.
(g) Determine each parent's parenting time
			 credit as provided in OAR 137-050-0730.
(h) Credit each parent's cash child support
			 obligation for:
(A) parenting time as provided
			 in OAR 137-050-0730,
(B) the
			 parent's allowed out-of pocket costs for child care as provided in OAR
			 137-050-0735(1)-(4), and
(C) the
			 parent's out-of-pocket health insurance costs for the child as provided in OAR
			 137-050-0750.
(i)
			 Determine whether the parent will be ordered to pay cash child support or cash
			 medical support for minor children as follows:
(A) Only the parent with the greater net
			 support obligation for minor children may be ordered to pay cash child support
			 and, if applicable, cash medical support, for the minor children, except as
			 provided in subsection (D).
(B) To
			 determine each parent's net obligation for minor children, determine the minor
			 children's share of the parent's basic support obligation determined in OAR
			 137-050-0725(6). Add the parent's share of child care costs determined in
			 137-050-0735(5), and the minor children's share of the parent's health care
			 coverage costs determined in 137-050-0750(14). Subtract each parent's parenting
			 time credit determined in 137-050-0730(7), child care credit determined in
			 section (1)(h)(B) of this rule, and the minor children's share of the health
			 care coverage costs credit determined in section (1)(h)(C) of this
			 rule.
(C) For purposes of
			 determining the minor children's shares under this subsection, each child is
			 allocated an equal share of the total obligation, cost, or credit.
(D) If a minor child lives with a caretaker
			 or is in state care, both parents may be ordered to pay cash child support and,
			 if applicable, cash medical support for minor children.
(j) Determine whether the minimum order
			 applies and apply any necessary increase as provided in OAR
			 137-050-0755.
(k) Apply any
			 reduction in support for Social Security or Veteran's benefits as determined in
			 OAR 137-050-0740.
(l) If the parent
			 will be ordered to pay cash child support for minor children, determine the
			 amount by dividing each parent's cash child support obligation by the total
			 number of joint children and multiplying the result by the number of joint
			 minor children. Round the result to the nearest dollar.
(m) Determine the cash child support
			 obligation for joint Children Attending School by dividing each parent's cash
			 child support obligation by the total number of joint children and multiplying
			 the result by the number of joint Children Attending School. Round the result
			 to the nearest dollar.
(n) Allocate
			 cash medical support to joint minor children and joint Children Attending
			 School in the same manner provided for cash child support in sections (1)(l)
			 and (1)(m) of this rule.