DIYD Legal Software - Washington State Child Support Schedule Worksheets

Part V: Child Support Credits

The Washington State Child Support Schedule Worksheets (WSCSS) offers the following options in Part V: Child Support Credits:

Part V: Child Support Credits
16. Child Support Credits
a. Monthly Health Care Expenses Credit	$	$
b. Day Care and Special Expenses Credit	$	$
c. Other Ordinary Expenses Credit (describe)	$	$
d. Total Support Credits (add lines 16a through 16c)	$	$

As shown in Figure 1, only line 16.(c) may be altered by the user. The program defaults this question to "No", being it is the most common. Selecting "Yes", adds additional requirements for the user to respond too, as shown in Figure 2.

Line 16. a. defaults from line 10. c. Total Monthly Health Care Expenses
Line 16. b. defaults from line 11. e. Total Day Care and Special Expenses

Figure 1.

Figure 1, Part V: Child Support Credits

Figure 2

Figure 2, Example of dialog when selecting Line 16(c) Other Ordinary Expenses Credit Describe.

Figure 3 below, previews the Document Preview tab for Part V of the worksheet. Note, the Document Preview tab allows you to view your answers in the document; however, the Document Preview tab does not display the document exactly how it will show when sending it to your Microsoft Word or Adobe application. In reality, this section shall be on the same page and not across two pages as shown below.

Figure 3

Document Preview tab

Continue to Part VI: Standard Calculation/Presumptive Transfer Payment...

Download and view the WSCSS Worksheets created in this demonstration

Washington State Child Support Schedule Worksheets - Microsoft Word

Washington State Child Support Schedule Worksheets - Adobe PDF

News

02/11/2012 - Version 7 -Change to the Self-Support Reserve

Washington State Courts use the self-support reserve to calculate low income limitations when setting child support. The self-support reserve is 125% of the federal poverty guidelines. RCW 26.19.065(2). Washington State uses the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). The poverty guidelines were updated in the Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines, 77 Fed. Reg. 17,4034 - 4035 (January 26, 2012).