If you have questions about the calculations, please refer to the DR-310 pamphlet and CR 90.3 under Readings in this lesson. If you start working on this project and get overwhelmed/confused/frustrated, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Scenario One:
Eric Thomas is an E4 in the Army. Jessica Thomas is 26 and doesn’t work. They have two kids, ages 3 and 1. Eric receives BAH of $1539 per month, BAS of $368.29, COLA of $920. His base pay is $2432 per month. Jessica is receiving primary physical custody and will be relocating with the kids back to her hometown. They will share legal custody, and Eric will have summers with the kids, beginning when the youngest turns three years old.
Challenge: Calculate Eric’s monthly child support obligation. Should he receive the visitation credit allowed by Civil Rule 90.3(a)(3)?
Scenario Two:
John Kramer is a member of the electric workers union. John earns $92,000. His spouse, Laura Kramer, is employed by a local bank and earned $47,525 last year. They have four children. Jack is 20 and a student at the university. Brittany is 18 and is finishing her senior year of high school. Hannah is 14 and Trevor is 11. John and Laura will be sharing custody of the youngest two kids on a week-on, week-off basis. Laura will have primary custody of Brittany until she graduates.
Challenge: Calculate the parties’ respective child support obligations. Under a shared schedule, is child support owed from either party? Does Brittany’s residence with her mother affect the overall calculation of support?
Scenario Three:
Jason Christman owns a construction business. Emily Christman was an employee of the business and did all the bookkeeping. Last year, the business earned $750,000 and it issued a K1 Statement to Jason for $96,000. Emily was issued a W2 for $54,300 for the same year. Jason pays the daycare costs for the parties’ two young children at a cost of $1300 per month for full-time care. Emily is no longer employed by the company, but per agreement, the business will continue to pay her a stipend at her old salary while she finishes her degree for the next eighteen (18) months. They will share custody of the kids with Emily having them 60% of the time and Jason having them 40%. Each of them have traditionally put $200 per month into an IRA for retirement.
Challenge: Calculate the parties’ respective child support obligations on a shared, but unequal, custody caculations
