Over the years, there have been computer programs that have been created in order to calculate child support.
Child support is a product of income and predominantly the number of overnights you have with your children.
If you are a parent that has 104 overnights or more, we use a shared parenting worksheet.
In a shared parenting worksheet, the expenses for the child are shifted between parents and as a result, the support is spread out between both parents.
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