Form 14 Child Support Amount Calculation Worksheet Page 40

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(8) The schedule of basic child support obligations incorporates a "self-support
reserve" to address the need of the parent obligated to pay support to maintain a
minimum standard of living.
(9) The schedule of basic child support obligations excludes parental expenditures
for childcare and the child's share of health insurance premiums and extraordinary
medical expenses.
(10) Unreimbursed medical expenses that exceed $250.00 per family member per
year are deemed extraordinary medical expenses.
(11) The schedule of basic child support obligations does not consider the costs of
the parent obligated to pay support when that parent has physical custody of the children
entitled to support.
(12) With respect to the adjustment for a portion of the amounts expended on the
children by the parent obligated to pay support during that parent's periods of overnight
visitation or custody, the basic child support amount can be divided into three categories
of expenditures:
Variable expenditures are child-related expenditures that vary directly with the
amount of time a child spends with each parent, such as food. It has been assumed that
variable expenditures represent 38% of the basic child support amount.
Duplicated fixed expenditures are child-related expenditures that do not vary with
the amount of time a child spends with each parent but are incurred by both parents, such
basic child support obligations reflects the federal poverty guideline for 1997.
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