Form 14 Child Support Amount Calculation Worksheet Page 21

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Line 6b: Work-related child care costs of parent obligated to pay support
DIRECTION: Enter the monthly amount of any reasonable work-related child care costs
incurred or to be incurred for the children who are the subject of this proceeding by the
parent obligated to pay support.
CAVEAT: The reasonable work-related child care costs of the parent obligated to
pay support may be included only if the gross income earned or to be earned by the
parent during the time period in which the parent incurs or will incur the child care costs
is included in the parent's monthly gross income on line 1. If the parent's childcare costs
exceed the income earned or to be earned during the time period in which the parent
incurs or will incur the child care costs, neither the income nor the child care costs shall
be included.
If the amount of the actual work-related child care costs for each child is not
available or cannot be verified, the amount of the reasonable work-related child care costs
of the parent obligated to pay support attributable to each child who is the subject of this
proceeding shall be calculated by dividing the total monthly reasonable work-related
child care costs of the parent obligated to pay support by the total number of children for
whom the child care costs are incurred or are to be incurred.
A. COMMENT: It is preferable to include the reasonable work-related child care
costs of the parent obligated to pay support in the calculation of the presumed child
support amount.
However, the work-related child care costs of the parent obligated to pay support
may be excluded from calculation of the presumed child support amount if an event that
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