Child Support Calculator

There are countless child support calculators available online. Unfortunately, these can prove to be very unreliable. While each state has its own guidelines established for determining the amount of child support order, they can deviate from these guidelines should they determine it is in the best interest of the child. The best source of information for estimating your payment amount is the Child Support Enforcement Agency website for your state. You can view a list of all the state agencies and their contact information by clicking here. An online child support calculator, whether provided by the CSE Agency in your state or an outside third-party, can only estimate your payment amount based on the current guidelines for establishment of child support orders. Your case can easily deviate from these guidelines especially if you or your ex has an extremely high or excessively low income, you have multiple children for which you pay support, your child has special needs such as extraordinary medical bills, or your ex receives public assistance. Ultimately, you can use an online calculator to determine an estimated amount but if your results seem too good too be true you should know the judge presiding over your case will likely not use the standard calculator to determine your monthly order.