Ohio Child Support Chart

How does the court determine the amount of child support to be paid?

Child support is calculated based on the incomes of the two parties. You can refer to the table below to find the amount to be allocated for your child(ren) each year. Briefly, the first step is to figure out the percentage of income earned per year by the parent who will be paying support; then apply that percentage to the amount of support. For example, if the two parents have equal incomes of $15,000 per year, for a joint annual income of $30,000 and they have one child, the annual support is $5,377.00. The parent paying child support would pay fifty percent of the annual support, since s/he earned fifty percent of the income. Fifty percent of $5,377.00 is $2,688.50. A regular amount of child support is then deducted each payday from the payor's paycheck. In this example, if the payor is paid once each month, one-twelfth of $2,688.50 would be withheld from his or her paycheck, i.e. $224.05. These guidelines are an important starting point, but courts frequently deviate from them, depending on the circumstances of the parties.