{"id":555,"date":"2023-06-13T09:34:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T09:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/child-support.com\/west-virginia-child-support-calculator-guidelines\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:44:15","slug":"west-virginia-child-support-calculator-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/west-virginia-child-support-calculator-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Child Support Calculator | Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/seal_of_west_virginia.svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"West Virginia Child Support Calculator | Guidelines\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By <strong>Child-Support.com Staff<\/strong> &#8211; Last updated <strong><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2023-07-01T09:15:43-07:00\">August 22, 2023<\/time><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tjzz83e0d3rkdodcy\">The West Virginia Child Support Calculator is actually a <a href=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/worksheet2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worksheet <\/a>embedded within the West Virginia Code, Chapter 48. If you use it correctly and enter in the correct information, you may be able to obtain a fairly good estimate as to how much child support you may be owed or have to pay. This is the same form that the courts use and it is based on the <a href=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">income guidelines<\/a> promulgated by the state legislature.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Calculate<\/h2>\n<p class=\"tjzz83e0d3rkdodcy\"><strong>Step 1:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/worksheet2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download worksheet.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 500px; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchild-support.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fworksheet2.pdf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;embedded=true\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"gde-text\"><a class=\"gde-link\" href=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/worksheet2.pdf\">Download (PDF, 35KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tjzz83e0d3rkdodcy\"><strong>Step 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Enter the following information for each parent:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MONTHLY GROSS INCOME (Exclusive of overtime compensation)<\/li>\n<li>Minus preexisting child support payment<\/li>\n<li>Minus maintenance paid<\/li>\n<li>Plus overtime compensation, if not excluded, and not to exceed 50%<\/li>\n<li>Minus additional dependents deduction<\/li>\n<li>EQUALS\u00a0MONTHLY ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"tjzz83e0d3rkdodcy\"><strong>Step 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Add both parents\u2019 income together to get the combined income and then figure out the percentage share by dividing each parent\u2019s income by the combined income<\/p>\n<p class=\"tjzz83e0d3rkdodcy\"><strong>Step 4: <\/strong>Get the Basic support obligation from the <a href=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tjzz83e0d3rkdodcy\"><strong>Step 5: <\/strong>Calculate any adjustments for expenses paid directly and add to the basic support obligation<\/p>\n<p class=\"tjzz83e0d3rkdodcy\"><strong>Step 6:\u00a0<\/strong>Calculate each parent\u2019s share of the total by multiplying the percentage share for each parent by the total support obligation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 500px; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchild-support.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fguidelines.pdf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;embedded=true\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"gde-text\"><a class=\"gde-link\" href=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/guidelines.pdf\">Download (PDF, 59KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: none; margin: 0px;\"><!-- Child-Support Leader --><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yarpp-related\">\n<h3>Other Resources<\/h3>\n<div class=\"yarpp-thumbnails-horizontal\"><a class=\"yarpp-thumbnail\" title=\"West Virginia Child Support Laws | West Virginia Code, Chapter 48\" href=\"\/wv\/west-virginia-child-suport-laws-west-virginia-code-chapter-48\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-yarpp-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/laws-icon.png\" alt=\"laws-icon\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" \/> <span class=\"yarpp-thumbnail-title\">West Virginia Child Support Laws | West Virginia Code, Chapter 48<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"yarpp-thumbnail\" title=\"West Virginia Child Support Enforcement\" href=\"\/wv\/west-virginia-child-support-enforcement\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-yarpp-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/enforcement-icon.png\" alt=\"enforcement-icon\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" \/> <span class=\"yarpp-thumbnail-title\">West Virginia Child Support Enforcement<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"yarpp-thumbnail\" title=\"West Virginia Child Support Login | Make a Payment\" href=\"\/wv\/west-virginia-child-support-login-make-a-payment\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-yarpp-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/login-icon.png\" alt=\"login-icon\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" \/> <span class=\"yarpp-thumbnail-title\">West Virginia Child Support Login | Make a Payment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- end #page div --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Child-Support.com Staff &#8211; Last updated August 22, 2023 The West Virginia Child Support Calculator is actually a worksheet embedded within the West Virginia Code, Chapter 48. If you use it correctly and enter in the correct information, you may be able to obtain a fairly good estimate as to how much child support you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":896,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2362,"href":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/555\/revisions\/2362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/child-support.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}