By Child-Support.com Staff – Last updated
The Georgia Child Support Calculator is a way in which a parent or custodian can estimate the amount of child support he or she will have to pay or receive. The calculator is based on the Georgia child support guidelines set forth under OGCA 19-6-15 and incorporates a number of factors, including income of the parents, unemployment, payments made for health insurance and child care. Be aware that in using this calculator, you will only have an estimate. The amount could be changed by the court based on other factors including your unique family situation.
How to Calculate
Step 1: Download the worksheet.
Step 2: Enter the following information per te instructions for each parent plus the combined amount:
- Parents’ monthly gross income
- Parent’s percentage of total income
- Basic Child Support Obligation
(BCSO) from attached Child Support
Obligation Table - Monthly BCSO amount for each
parent - Monthly Work Related Child Care
Costs - Monthly Health Insurance premium
paid for the Children - Total Monthly Work Related Child
Care and Health Insurance Costs - Parents’ percentage (%) of Income
from - Parents’ share of Work Related Child
Care and Health Insurance Costs - Parents’ Adjusted Child Support
Obligation – Each parent’s monthly BCSO
plus parent’s share of work related
child care expenses & health insurance costs - Credit for Monthly Amounts parents
actually pay or will pay for Work-
Related Child Care and/or Health
Insurance Costs - Total Parents’ Presumptive Child Support Obligation
- Subtract Social Security offset – If a child receives Title II Social Security benefits (i.e., RSDI/SSD for parent’s disability /retirement) as a dependent on noncustodial parent’s account, enter monthly amount child receives under that parent’s
column. If none, enter zero. - Final monthly child support obligation amount for each parentThe chart below shows the Basic Child Support Obligation (BCSO) based on income and number of children.
