If the 2 adults agree, there is no "law" saying that the guidelines, and the guideline amounts, must be followed. They can make up their own reasonble agreeement.
I have 2 sets of friends who never saw a lawyer, and don't use the guidelines at all. They determined together how much money the child added to the household costs at each parents home, and pay that amount. The child spends equal time at each home in one situation, and in the other lives with the father, with the mother being allowed to see her child as often as she wants.
If both people are mature and can think about what's best for the child, that ususally does NOT involves following the "standard" visitation for the father, and having him pay the guideline amounts as that amount usually leaves the child worse off than necessary at the fathers house.
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