NORTH CAROLINA Part 54

17. HOW DOES A JUDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA COMPUTE CHILD SUPPORT?

As of July 1, 1990, North Carolina has been using a child support guideline or formula called the income shares model.This approach takes the income of both parents and apportions the child support responsibility between them according to the ratio of their incomes to each other.The calculations are done on set of preprinted child support worksheets.The income used are gross, pre-tax incomes.Thus if the father earns $3,000 per month and the mother earns $1,000,the father's child support obligation will be three-fourths (and the mother's will be one-fourth) of the total needs of the child.