OKLAHOMA Part 16

8. Will I have to pay child support?

If you are the non-custodial parent, then you will have to pay child support.

The judge calculates child support by combining the gross incomes of each parent. The judge then compares the parties’ combined gross income to a statutory chart (43 O.S. § 119) which indicates the total amount of child support. The non-custodial parent then pays his or her percentage of that total as determined from his or percentage of the parties’s combined gross incomes. Of course, there are over ten separate statutes dedicated totally to the calculation of child support and many other laws that also provide special rules that may apply.