WYOMING Part 57

The Guidelines

Once you know the income for both parents, you can apply it to the state’s guidelines to find the specific amount due. The guidelines are a formula used to determine support payments. Although the following gives an explanation on how to use the guidelines, you will have to look at the guidelines yourself to see how much your support payments will be. The link is included below.

First, count your kids. Let’s say you have two with the same parent. Then, take your net income. For example, say your net income is $1,500 a month. Add your net income to the other parent’s net income – we’ll use $1,000 for this parent’s income – so the total amount of net income is $2,500 ($1,500 + $1,000). Once you have these numbers (how many kids and how much income), look to the guidelines.