Maine Child Support Worksheet

You will answer a series of questions.

Maine child support worksheet. Child support worksheet hotdocs interview and automated form. Fm 040 s must be prepared first higher income parent is the plaintiff defendant higher of line 7a and 7b. 3 certified copies of the court order. State of maine district court location docket no.

You will be guided to a secure national legal aid site where these forms are housed. Using the sample worksheet. 2004 when either parent files for child support both parents must complete and submit detailed accurate income affidavits the state then uses that information to formally calculate child support payments and issue a. The worksheet is used by the division of support enforcement and recovery and the courts to determine how much child support a parent is obligated to pay.

These versions incorporate changes made to the child support guidelines and worksheets effective july 29 2016. At the end in the interview you can save print or email your completed form. The father s share is 69 the child support guidelines show a weekly support amount of 71 for each child. The program will use your answers to automatically complete the forms.

The worksheet has detailed instructions on how to complete it. Statement of child support paid if your child s other parent owes a child support debt please complete the statement of child support paid attached to your application package. The maine child support calculator worksheet takes into account the gross annual pay of both parents. Parents complete the child support worksheet with information from the child support table.

Once you and the other parent have exchanged income information in the child support affidavits the combined income is added into a child support worksheet fm 040 s. Supplemental worksheet attached defendant m r. If order is from another state jurisdiction. At the same time we realize that reasonable.

The mother s share is 31. 08 16 page 3 of 3 calculating amount from table for line 9 of the worksheet 1. In consultation with many stakeholders and maine child support experts we have made every effort to program our automated forms to reflect the relevant maine statutes. You can get an estimate by filling in the amounts yourself but keep in mind that there may be other factors considered.

This is our hotdocs version of the child support worksheet. Look at the child support table. Plaintiff defendant both. Circle the amount in the table under parents combined annual income that is closest to the combined adjusted gross.

Higher income parent s share of basic weekly support higher of line 8a and 8b x line 9c 15. According to title 19 a of the maine revised statutes 19 a m r s. Supplemental child support worksheet for use when parents provide substantially equal care. If order is from maine.

Plaintiff child support worksheet v. The pretend family s combined adjusted gross income is 32 000. Primary care provider parent children live with most of the time. The maine child support calculator is in the form of a pdf worksheet.