Opinion ID: 2617028
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Presumptive Support Calculations

Text: In calculating the father's monthly net earnings, we averaged the net regular pay that he received over a five-month period beginning with the March 14, 1997, paycheck. When the correct variables are inserted into the net income formulas for each parent, the presumptive support obligations are as follows: INCOME FATHER MOTHER Monthly Earnings From Employment $1,643.94 $1,824.00 Retirement Plan Growth Income 165.00 135.00 _________ _________ Total Income $1,808.94 $1,959.00 Presumptive Presumptive Combined % Owed Support Support Net Income Net Income By Each Amount Obligation Father $1,808.94 $3,767.94 48% $1,311.83 $629.68 Mother $1,959.00 $3,767.94 52% $1,311.83 $682.15 WYO. STAT. § 20-6-304(a)(iv) (1997). The proper calculation of the net income formulas demonstrates that the father's presumptive support obligation would be $629.68 per month, which would be $300.32 less than his current monthly obligation of $930. In order for the father to establish that his support obligation would change by at least twenty percent, he had to prove that his support amount would be changed by at least $186. WYO. STAT. § 20-6-306(a) (1997). The decrease of $300.32 is more than a twenty percent change from the amount in the existing child support order; therefore, we are required to consider there to be a change of circumstances sufficient to justify the modification of the support order. Id. See also Sharpe v. Sharpe, 902 P.2d 210, 214 (Wyo. 1995).