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Illinois Child Support Calculator & Worksheets 2022

Use the child support calculator below to estimate your child support and medical support payments. Illinois child support is based on a variety of factors including the number of children, the number of overnights with each parent, and each parent’s net income.

How to Calculate Child Support in Illinois

Illinois child support takes many factors into account. The exact calculation is a lengthy process, but our calculator does all the work for you. All you have to do is plug in the numbers, and the calculator estimates your child support payments.

For any questions on what a section of the calculator means, refer to the guide below the calculator. Your actual child support payments may be different than what the calculator estimates because judges have discretion to adjust as necessary. 

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Guide to the Child Support Calculator

• Number of Children = The number of children you have with the opposing party in this case.
• Number of Overnights with the Custodial Parent = Of the 365 days in the year, how many nights are spent with the custodial parent.
• Determine Net Using = Chose standardized or individualized for the custodial parent (CP) and non-custodial parent (NCP). Standardized means the person’s gross monthly income (separate spousal maintenance). Individualized is income after taxes are taken out found by using Illinois’s income conversion chart.^[1]
• Maintenance Received/Paid = If either parent receives or pays spousal maintenance (alimony), include that here.
• Social Security Benefit Allotment = If either parent receives social security checks, record that here.
• Multi-Family Adjustment with Order = If a parent pays child support through the state for a child with a different mother, the amount paid goes in this section.
• Children on Multi-family Adjustment with Order = If the above box is filled out, list the number of children they are paying for in this box.
• Multi-family Adjustment Without Order = Fill out this section if a parent pays child support for a different child, and the child support is not paid through Child Support Services.
• Children on Multi-family Adjustment Without Order = If the above box is filled out because someone is paying informal child support, list the number of children they are paying for here.
• Child’s Monthly Health Insurance = Provided means there is currently active insurance. Available means there is the option of having insurance. State whether the insurance is from the custodial parent (CP) or non-custodial parent (NCP), how much it costs, and how many people are covered on the plan.
• Child Care Expenses = This includes any daycare, after-school care, camps, etc.
• Extraordinary School and Extracurricular Activity Expenses = Any extra costs for a child’s participation in sports, clubs, field trips, etc.

Potential Deviations

A judge deciding child support can order more or less child support than the state guidelines require. This is called a deviation. They can do this if the support would otherwise be “inequitable, unjust, or inappropriate.”^[2] With any deviation, the judge has to provide a written explanation telling why they think the deviation is necessary. One example of this is if the child has a disability that leads to extra expenses.

The best way to ensure fair child support is to have an attorney support you through the process. For any questions, call Sterling Hughes or fill out the linked form and we can set you up for a meeting to talk with an attorney who specializes in family law.

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How to Calculate Child Support

Here is a simplified explanation of how the child support calculator estimates child support payments. The actual calculator takes even more factors into account, but this calculation lays out the core of the calculation.

Below each step, there is an example following along. For this example, there are two kids, the custodial parent (CP) has an income of $4,000 per month, and the non-custodial parent (NCP) has an income of $5,000 per month.

Adjusted Net Income

1.) Find each party's gross monthly income and convert it into net income using the IL standardized income conversion chart (found in the first reference link below).

Example:

Based on the standardized income chart, CP has a net income of $3,164. NCP’s net income is $3,771.

2.) Then, add the net incomes together to get the parents’ combined adjusted net income.

Example:

$3,164 + $3,771 = $6,935.

Total Support Obligation

3.) The state of Illinois says the basic child support for one child is $1,215 per month. Multiply this number by the number of children to get the basic support obligation.

Example:

$1,215 x 2 = $2,430

4.) Then, to get the total support obligation, add any extra expenses such as child care, extracurricular activities' expenses, and insurance premiums.

Example:

We’ll say it’s $90 for after-school care and $100 for the child’s insurance per month.

$2,430 + $90 + $100 = $2,620

Share of the Obligation

5.) Take each parent’s adjusted net income and divide it by the combined net income to get the percent of their contribution.

Example:

CP: $3,164 ÷ $6,935 = 45.6%.

NCP: $3,771 ÷ $6,935 = 54.4%

6.) Multiply that percentage by the total support obligation, and you get the amount each parent must pay towards the child’s support.

Example:

CP: 45.6% of $2,430 = $1108.08

NCP: 54.4% of $2,430 = $1321.92

7.) Since in this case, the child lives with CP, NCP has to pay the full amount of their child support.

Example:

$1,321. 92

Now that you know how our calculator works, feel free to click here to head to the calculator of you haven't already.

Calculate Child Support for Shared Parenting (Joint Custody)

Shared parenting is when each parent has at least 146 days with the child. In this case, the courts calculate child support a little differently. For the below example, we use the same numbers as the previous examples. However, CP has the child for 219 days of the year (60%), and NCP has the child for 146 days of the year (40%).

1.) / 2.) First, steps 1 and 2 are the same to get each parent’s net income.

3.) / 4.) Then, for steps 3 and 4, to get the total support obligation, the cost per month of a child is multiplied by 150%. It goes from $1,215 to $1,822.50.

Example:

Using the above calculation, their total support is $3,644. ($1,822.5 x 2)

5.) / 6.) Steps 5 and 6 are done the same to get each parent’s share of the obligation.

Example:

CP’s portion of the support obligation is $1,661.66. (45.6% x $3,644)

NCPs portion of the support obligation is $1,982.34. (54.4% x $3,644)

7.) Now, rather than finding the difference between their support obligations right away, you first multiply their individual obligations by the percentage of time the other parent has with the child. This finds each parent's new support obligation.

Example:

CP’s placement percent multiplied by NCP’s share of the support obligation to get NCP’s new support obligation. (60% x $1,982.34 = $1,189.40)

NCP’s placement percent multiplied by CP’s share of the support obligation to get CP’s new support obligation. (40% x $1,661.66 = $664.66)

8.) Finally, with the two resulting numbers, you take the non-custodial parent’s obligation and subtract the custodial parent’s to get the final child support payment amount. If the number is positive, the non-custodial parent pays that amount. If the number is negative, the custodial parent may have to pay that amount.^[3]

Example:

In this situation, NCP will have to pay CP $524.74 in child support. ($1,189.40 – $664.66)

Our calculator can estimate child support for joint or sole custody. Click here to head back up to the calculator.

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How Much Is Child Support For One Child In Illinois?

Posted on December 17, 2021

Child support in Illinois is determined based on number of factors. Both parents’ incomes are considered and then compared to a chart that the Illinois department of Health and Family Services produces and updates each year.

“The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt rules establishing child support guidelines which include worksheets to aid in the calculation of the child support obligations and a schedule of basic child support obligations that reflects the percentage of combined net income that parents living in the same household in this State ordinarily spend on their child. ” 750 ILCS 5/505(a)(1)

These rules are elaborated in a chart called a “Income Shares Schedule” which includes a column for the parents net income followed by columns for how many children parents of that net income share: one child, two children, three children, four children, five children or six children.

This “Income Shares Schedule” tabulates the parents’ total income and then issues a number which it believes should be the cost for the number of children the parents share based on the parents’ incomes.

The chart’s numbers are supposed to reflect an “adequate standard of support for a child, subject to the ability of parents to pay” 750 ILCS 5/505(a)(1)(A)

Anyone who has had a child will know that your income does not determine what it costs to properly raise a child…but these are the rules we’ve got.

Once the net income and number of children are determined, you can take the Healthcare And Family Services Income Shares Schedule chart to court to determine the child support amount for one or more children.

“The court shall compute the basic child support obligation by taking the following steps:(A) determine each parent’s monthly net income;(B) add the parents’ monthly net incomes together to determine the combined monthly net income of the parents;(C) select the corresponding appropriate amount from the schedule of basic child support obligations based on the parties’ combined monthly net income and number of children of the parties; and(D) calculate each parent’s percentage share of the basic child support obligation.” 750 ILCS 5/505(A)(1.5)

The first three steps are easy enough but the last step is vague: “calculate each parent’s percentage share of the basic child support obligation.”

“Calculating each parent’s percentage share” is done is by comparing the parents’ incomes as a percentage of the total to the amount that the Healthcare and Family Services Income Shares Schedule amount that the chart believes a child should cost for that combined income. The non-custodial parent will be responsible for paying their percentage of income compared to the cost of raising the child.

This needs an example:

If Mom makes $ 50,000 and Dad makes $ 100,000 then they make $ 150,000 total. On the Healthcare and Family Services Income Shares Schedule it says that one child should cost parents of that combined income $ 1811 a month. Mom has custody of the child and Dad makes 66% of the total income. Therefore dad has to pay mom $1195 ($1811 X 66%) a month in child support.

There are many adjustments that can be made to the child support amount based on the circumstances of the parents.

Child Support For One Child If The Parents Share Time Almost Equally.

Getting 50/50 custody is the holy grail for any parent who isn’t the presumptive primary parent. In addition to the extra time spent with the child, a parent gets a break in child support if they spend more than 146 overnights with the child.

146 is 40% of a 365 day year, or more than 12 days a month or 3 days a week.

“If each parent exercises 146 or more overnights per year with the child, the basic child support obligation is multiplied by 1. 5 to calculate the shared care child support obligation. The court shall determine each parent’s share of the shared care child support obligation based on the parent’s percentage share of combined net income. The child support obligation is then computed for each parent by multiplying that parent’s portion of the shared care support obligation by the percentage of time the child spends with the other parent. The respective child support obligations are then offset, with the parent owing more child support paying the difference between the child support amounts.” 750 ILCS 5/505

This is going to take another example to unpack.

Dad makes $ 100,000 a year. Mom makes $ 50,000. Dad has 150 days a year with the minor child.

The basic child support obligation is $ 1811 pursuant to the Healthcare and Family Services Income Shares Schedule. That’s now multiplied by 1.5 to $2716.50.

That’s then divided by each parent’s share of the combined income. Dad is responsible for $1794. 21 ($2716.50 X 66%) and Mom is responsible for $897.10 ($2716 X 33%).

Those amounts are then multiplied by the percentage of time each parent spends with the child.

Dad has 150 days with the child so he spends 41% of the time with the child.

Dad’s obligation is $735.54($1794.21 X 41%)

Mom has 215 days with the child so she spends 59% of the time with the child.
Mom’s obligation is $529.29($897.10 X 59%)

The two obligations then offset each other. So, Dad would have to pay mom $ 206.25($735.54 – 529.29)

Child Support For One Child In Illinois When Either Parent Has Other Children

If either parent has other children from another relationship that they must support, the child support shall be adjusted for the new child by reducing the child support paid from their income.

“The court shall deduct from the parent’s net income the amount of child support actually paid by the parent pursuant to a support order unless the court makes a finding that it would cause economic hardship to the child. ” 750 ILCS 5/505(3)(F)(I)(i)

If there is not a child support order for the existing children from another relationship, then the court must determine what the parent is actually paying for the existing children or 75% of what they should be paying (whichever is less) in order to appropriately deduct income from the supporting parent.

“The court shall deduct from the parent’s net income the amount of financial support actually paid by the parent for the child or 75% of the support the parent should pay under the child support guidelines (before this adjustment), whichever is less, unless the court makes a finding that it would cause economic hardship to the child.” 750 ILCS 5/505(3)(F)(I)(ii)

Health Insurance And Child Support For One Child In Illinois

If either parent is providing health insurance for a child, that will impact the amount of child support in Illinois.

The cost of the child’s health insurance gets added to the child support obligation number found on the Healthcare and Family Services Income Shares Schedule amount.

“The amount to be added to the basic child support obligation shall be the actual amount of the total health insurance premium that is attributable to the child who is the subject of the order.” 750 ILCS 5/505(4)(D)

“After the health insurance premium for the child is added to the basic child support obligation and allocated between the parents in proportion to their respective incomes for child support purposes” 750 ILCS 5/505(4)(E)

Then whoever is paying for the health care insurance gets that amount credited to their child support obligation.

“[I]f the [child support] obligor is paying the premium, the amount calculated for the obligee’s share of the health insurance premium for the child shall be deducted from the obligor’s share of the total child support obligation.” 750 ILCS 5/505(4)(E)

“If the [child support] obligee is paying for private health insurance for the child, the child support obligation shall be increased by the obligor’s share of the premium payment. ” 750 ILCS 5/505(4)(E)

Daycare and Extracurricular Expenses For One Child In Illinois

In addition to child support, both parents will be expected to contribute to the child care expenses and the extracurricular and/or school expenses of the child.

“The court, in its discretion, in addition to the basic child support obligation, may order either or both parents owing a duty of support to the child to contribute to the reasonable child care expenses of the child. The child care expenses shall be made payable directly to a party or directly to the child care provider at the time of child care services.” 750 ILCS 5/505(F)(3.7)

“The court, in its discretion, in addition to the basic child support obligation, may order either or both parents owing a duty of support to the child to contribute to the reasonable school and extracurricular activity expenses incurred which are intended to enhance the educational, athletic, social, or cultural development of the child. ” 750 ILCS 5/505(F)(3.6)

Even after child support, child care and extracurricular expenses are over, there will still be college expenses owed until the child is 23 years old.

“The court may award sums of money out of the property and income of either or both parties or the estate of a deceased parent, as equity may require, for the educational expenses of any child of the parties.” 750 ILCS 5/513(a)

How To Really Calculate Child Support For One Child In Illinois

All of the above word problem formulas are rarely, if ever, used. Family law attorneys and Illinois family law judges simply use calculators to determine child support. We type in the facts and then print off the result…but we always check our opponent’s work.

Health and Family Services provides this free calculator.

Most family law attorneys use a software called Family Law Software to calculate child support. It tends to be more accurate and properly shows how the results were calculated and is therefore more likely to be adopted by an Illinois domestic relations judge.

Having a child is expensive…even if you’re only going to have one. There are ways to minimize or maximize the financial obligations of one parent to another while maximizing your personal involvement with your child. Contact my Chicago, Illinois family law firm to day to learn more about how you can pay or receive the appropriate amount of child support for one child.

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(R.B. Kasenov) The court satisfied the plaintiff's claims to invalidate the decision of the bailiff on the calculation of alimony arrears. As the court pointed out, by virtue of paragraph 2 of Art. 120 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation, the payment of alimony, collected in court, stops when the child reaches the age of majority or in the event that minor children acquire full legal capacity before they reach the age of majority. In the case under consideration, one of the two children of the plaintiff, for the maintenance of which alimony was payable, had reached the age of majority. Thus, alimony for the maintenance of one child was subject to withholding, however, the bailiff-executor calculated the amount of alimony based on 1/3 of the plaintiff's earnings, which is not based on the law.

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(R. B. Kasenov) By virtue of paragraph 2 of Art. 120 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation, the payment of alimony, collected in court, stops when the child reaches the age of majority. At the same time, the court order of the justice of the peace did not contain information that the collection of alimony in the amount of 1/3 of the share stops when one of the children reaches the age of majority and then the alimony is subject to collection in the amount of 1/4 of the share. To reduce the amount of alimony established by the court, the bailiff-executor is not entitled to reduce. The reference to the fact that the bailiff had to apply to the court for clarification of the court order, but did not do this, does not indicate the illegality of his actions, since this appeal is a right, and not an obligation, of the bailiff. On the contrary, the debtor, being an interested party of enforcement proceedings, being active, was not deprived of the opportunity to resolve this issue. In addition, the court order contained no ambiguities and did not require clarification. Thus, the court dismissed the claim of the administrative plaintiff to declare illegal the decision on the calculation of the alimony arrears, the obligation to determine the alimony arrears.

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Republicans did not change the balance of power - the crime rate in US cities will continue to grow - InoTV

The Republicans failed to actualize the problems that seemed to them winning at the national level, and therefore succumbed to the Democrats. However, they will still have the opportunity to show themselves, as the challenges from crime, drug trafficking and illegal migration are likely to remain for a long time, Fox News columnists said on air of the channel. Many should learn how to formulate a simple and clear message to voters, as Donald Trump did in a discussion on border security in 2016, the interlocutors noted.

Welcome again! On The Big Sunday Show. The midterm elections have not changed the balance of power at the top, and crime rates are likely to continue to rise out of control, especially in liberal-led cities. Here's one example of what's left as it is: a drug dealer accused was arrested with 20,000 fentanyl pills just a couple of days ago, but has reportedly already been released "thanks" to bail laws in place in the state.

LEE ZELDIN, New York gubernatorial candidate: We need to support men and women in law enforcement. Many of the issues that we discuss during the election race will not disappear after the voting is over. We are not going anywhere and we only plan to work harder.

. This county has a very high crime rate, more than 97 percent of other districts of the country. We have the text of a Facebook post* written by the Sheriff himself. In it he makes accusations, let's read: “ We have been talking to the county government for several years, warning that we have too few staff. Instead of taking quick, decisive action, they delayed judgment and allowed too many good employees to leave Job .” I want to contact you, Tommy. During this year, their staff was reduced by 20 people. I don't know how many employees there are in the local police department, but 20 is a lot for tens of thousands of departments across the country. They are paid from 50 to 62 thousand a year, while in the neighboring district the base rate is 82 thousand. This is not about the measures and the policies that take them, but rather that the police departments do not have enough funds.

Jackie, this news about the sheriff's office having to lay off or resign 20 employees may be the result of the idea of ​​defunding the police, or it may be the result of problems in the economy. If these men and women cannot be paid there, then perhaps they can simply transfer to serve in a neighboring district. Back to the 20,000 fentanyl news, here's what The New York Post wrote about it:year ". So this guy is out on bail, thanks to the changes proposed by the New York Democrats this year. We see the results of the midterm elections. On the eve of the Republicans actively pedaled the problem of crime, but did they manage to justify its importance?

JACKIE DEANGELIS, Correspondent Fox Business : I think that Lee Zeldin did a great job with this task. Here in New York, the problem was that for many of the women I interacted with, abortion was an important topic. They told me, “I don't care about crime, I care about inflation. I'm worried that women's rights will be taken away at the national level, because that's what the Republicans want to do!” It was the instigation of fear that influenced the decision of local voters. But Zeldin's results are nevertheless very good, and he certainly managed to shed light on what is happening here. The problem is that as long as the cashless bail system is practiced and Kathy Hokul is in charge, everything will remain the same: she, for example, wants to install more cameras in the subway, she wants to send policemen to patrol the subway, but until her policy changes, as long as the cashless bail is maintained everything will be as it is. Everyone has iPhones, the subway is full of cameras - you can see the footage from one of them - but nobody cares, they go down the subway and commit crimes. This is part of the problem. As for the police officers, I think it's about morale. Their hands are tied, they feel powerless. So, as you pointed out, people are moving to other states, retiring en masse, because they just don't want to be a part of it anymore. Therefore, we must now suffer.

The topic to which everything that has been said directly relates and which we have not yet discussed is the problem of border security. Charlie, I come back to you with this question: how is it that all the problems that affect people at the local level are still directly related to the challenges of the national level, but the political agenda does not tie them together?

CHARLIE HURT : I think the point is that the Republicans failed to deliver a strong message on this issue. The issue of border protection has been raised for many decades. You can blame the Democrats, the Republicans handled it much better than the Democrats, but this is a failure for both parties! Both parties failed to deal with this problem properly. In 2016, when Trump showed up and said, “This is the biggest problem,” both parties got scared and decided that he was wrong. And he was right! That is why he successfully lured voters away from the Democrats.

TOMI LAREN: Speaking of shaping the message to the voter: Who was the only Republican with a good stance on border security? Donald Trump! Because the message was simple: "Build a wall!" We need more of these "battle cries" that are easy enough to understand.

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