Calculating CS

[Tryingsohard]

How would CS be calculating if one child is 50-50 and the other is EOW?

[dinkyface]

For the EOW parent, I'd use the average of 'offset amount for 2 kids 50-50' and 'table amount for 2 kids EOW'.

You could instead add 'table amount for 1 kid EOW' plus 'offset amount for 1 kid 50-50', but I think that overstates CS because table amount for 2 kids is less than double the table amount for 1 kid.

But that's just what seems logical to me, not based on any legal precendent.

[Janus]

One parent pays CS of 2 kids.
The other parent pays CS of 1 kid.

Offset amount is transferred.

[Tryingsohard]

If I add that I make $70K and she makes $30K (to keep it simple), how would you calculate it if one child is EOW and the other is 50-50?

Because if I use full cs for 1 and offset for the other, it's not even $100 difference!

[dinkyface]

I'm assuming the higher earner is the EOW parent.

Ontario full table amounts for 1 / 2 kids:
30K: 245 / 438
70K: 639 / 1037

My suggestion
Offset amount for 2 kids = 1037 - 438 = 599
Table amount for 2 kids = 1037
Logically, your amount must be somewhere between 599 and 1037.
I chose to use the average = (599+1037)/2 = 818

Janus's suggestion is: table for 2 kids - table for 1 kid = 1037-639 = 398. This is (much) less than table for 1 kid (639), so it doesn't pass the sniff test.

[mom2three]

I'm assuming the higher earner is the EOW parent.

Ontario full table amounts for 1 / 2 kids:
30K: 245 / 438
70K: 639 / 1037

My suggestion
Offset amount for 2 kids = 1037 - 438 = 599
Table amount for 2 kids = 1037
Logically, your amount must be somewhere between 599 and 1037.
I chose to use the average = (599+1037)/2 = 818

Janus's suggestion is: table for 2 kids - table for 1 kid = 1037-639 = 398. This is (much) less than table for 1 kid (639), so it doesn't pass the sniff test.

Interesting. I would have done it the following way and the amount is damn near similar:
Since child support for one child is higher than the two children amt, I took the 2 child amount, but divided by two (makes amount for the child).

1037 / 2 = 516
438 / 2 = 219

516 - 219 = 297 ( offset amount for 50/50 child)
PLUS 516 for for EOW child total 813.00 - off by 5 bucks

[Janus]

I'm assuming the higher earner is the EOW parent.

Ontario full table amounts for 1 / 2 kids:
30K: 245 / 438
70K: 639 / 1037

My suggestion
Offset amount for 2 kids = 1037 - 438 = 599
Table amount for 2 kids = 1037
Logically, your amount must be somewhere between 599 and 1037.
I chose to use the average = (599+1037)/2 = 818



Janus's suggestion is: table for 2 kids - table for 1 kid = 1037-639 = 398. This is (much) less than table for 1 kid (639), so it doesn't pass the sniff test.

No, my suggestion would be 1037 - 245 = 792

[dinkyface]

I see, Janus - I misinterpreted.

So we have 3 methods, all giving around $800.

[Janus]

I see, Janus - I misinterpreted.

So we have 3 methods, all giving around $800.

Well, mine under $800

Frankly, I think my methodology is the most correct. Note that offset is completely unfair to the payor, but assuming that you believe in offset, then my method is probably the right way to go about it.

[dinkyface]

Ya, yours more closely aligns with the example in the CS Guidelines Step-by-step - where they used 1-child and 2-child table amounts to figure out a scenario with 3 kids. It seems a bit strange to me, since that gives one of the kids more 'weight' than the other. But it does not make much of a difference.

See the Split Custody example here: Step 6: find the table amount - The Federal Child Support Guidelines: Step-by-Step

[dinkyface]

1037 / 2 = 518.5 <-- off by 1.5 here

Comes to 818 with the little fix above. Yours is the same calculation as mine, after rearranging.

[mom2three]

Comes to 818 with the little fix above. Yours is the same calculation as mine, after rearranging.

Hehe - blame it on my lacking skills in math, tiredness etc.