| Line 2a - Adjustment to Gross Income for Other Ordered Child Support Being Paid |
DIRECTIONS: Enter the monthly amount of any other court or administrative order for child support to the extent of the amounts actually being paid toward the current support of any child not the subject of this proceeding.
An adjustment is appropriate in a proceeding to establish a child support order or to modify the support payable under an existing order. However, the adjustment available to the moving parent in an action to increase or decrease the support payable under an existing order shall be the lesser of:
the adjustment to which that parent was entitled for the particular child on line 2a or 2c when the existing order was entered, or
the adjustment to which that parent is entitled for the particular child on line 2a as a result of an order in another action entered after the existing order.
Enter the monthly amount of any other court or administrative order for child support to the extent of the amounts actually being paid toward the current support of any child of a different parental relationship.
An adjustment is appropriate in a proceeding to establish a child support order or to modify the support payable under an existing order. However, the adjustment available to the moving parent in an action to increase or decrease the support payable under an existing order shall be the lesser of:
Examples:
A. Father pays child support of $350.00 per month under an order (Order 1) entered prior to the judgment of dissolution of his marriage to Mother.
(1) Order 1 is modified after entry of the judgment of dissolution, and, as a result, Father now pays child support of $450.00 per month under Order 1.
(a) In Mother's action to increase Father's support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Father is entitled to an adjustment (line 2a) of $450.00 per month.
(b) In Father's action to decrease his support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Father is entitled to an adjustment (line 2a) of $350.00 per month.
(2) Order 1 is modified after entry of the judgment of dissolution, and, as a result, Father now pays child support of $250.00 per month under Order 1.
(a) In Mother's action to increase Father's support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Father is entitled to an adjustment (line 2a) of $250.00 per month.
(b) In Father's action to decrease his support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Father is entitled to an adjustment (line 2a) of $250.00 per month.
B. Father pays child support of $350.00 per month under an order entered prior to the judgment of dissolution of his marriage to Mother and has an additional child support obligation of $200.00 per month under an order entered after the judgment of dissolution of his marriage to Mother.
(1) In Mother's action to increase Father's support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Father is entitled to an adjustment (line 2a) of $550.00 per month.
(2) In Father's action to decrease his support obligation under the judgment of dissolution, Father is entitled to an adjustment (line 2a) of $350.00 per month.