DIRECTIONS: On line 2.c.i., enter the number of other natural or adopted children in the actual custody of each parent other, than the children for whom support is being now calculated. An adjustment is automatically calculated based upon the amount in the schedule of basic child support obligations that represents that parent's support obligation using the parent's gross income (line 1) without any adjustment for other children for whom the parent is responsible. The credit is automatically inserted on line 2.c.ii.

On line 2.c.iii., enter the monthly amount of child support actually being received pursuant to an existing court or administrative order for the children entered on line 2.c.i. Note this amount cannot exceed the credit calculated on line 2.c.ii. If the support received exceeds the credit, the value on line 2.c.iii will be automatically reduced.

The amount of the adjustment is the amount in the schedule of basic child support obligations that represents that parent's support obligation based only on that parent's gross income and without any adjustment for other children for whom that parent is responsible.

CAVEAT: The adjustment for a child for whom there is an existing court or administrative order shall be reduced by the amount that is actually being paid in current support payments.

Comments:

A. An adjustment is appropriate in a proceeding to establish a child support order or to modify the support payable under an existing order. The adjustment is available for the parent's natural and adopted children but not the parent's stepchildren. However, the adjustment available to the moving parent in an action to increase or decrease the support payable under the existing order shall be the lesser of:

1. the adjustment to which that parent was entitled for the particular child on line 2a or 2c when the existing order was entered, or

2. the adjustment to which that parent is entitled for the particular child on line 2c as a result of an order in another action entered after the existing order.

B. Children are in a parent's "primary physical custody" though living away from the parent to attend school.

Examples:

A. Mother, who has gross income (line 1) of $1,832.00 per month, receives child support of $100.00 per month under an order for a child in her primary physical custody who was born after dissolution of her marriage to Father.

1. In Mother's action to increase Father's support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Mother is entitled to no adjustment (line 2c).

2. In Father's action to decrease his support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Mother is entitled to an adjustment (line 2c) of $289.00, which is the support obligation of Mother from the schedule of basic child support obligations ($389.00 per month) less the amount actually being paid for the current support of the child in Mother's primary physical custody ($100.00 per month).

B. Father, who has gross income (line 1) of $3,333.00 per month, paid child support to a former spouse of $350.00 per month (Order 1) at the time the judgment of dissolution was entered. Father modified Order 1 after entry of the judgment of dissolution. As a result, Father now has primary physical custody of the child. Further, Father is no longer required to pay any child support to the former spouse and receives no support for the child from the former spouse.

1. IIn Mother's action to increase Father's support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Father is entitled to an adjustment (line 2c) of $659.00 per month, which is the support obligation of Father from the schedule of basic child support obligations.

2.  In Father's action to decrease his support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Father is entitled to an adjustment (line 2c) of $350.00 per month./li>