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Idaho Child Support Guidelines

overnights in a year with each parent, and if a true sharing of physical custody exists, and not just extended visitation rights, and

a true sharing of costs, including the amount calculated in accordance with these Guidelines together with other costs of

supporting the child, is shown by the party asserting the same, then an adjustment in the Guideline's support shall be made.

Other time and costs sharing arrangements, such as one parent providing day care or one parent paying a disproportionate share

of costs, may constitute true cost sharing and should be considered on a case-by-case basis. Where true cost sharing does not

exist, no adjustment should be made regardless of the way time is shared. It is recognized there is an overall increase in child

rearing costs created by shared custody.

(2) Computation. To compute the adjustment, the Basic Child Support Guideline obligation shall be multiplied by 1.4. The

amount is then multiplied by each parent's percentage of income. The resulting amounts are then multiplied by the percentage of

time the child spends with the other parent. The respective child support obligations are then offset, with the parent owing more

child support paying the difference between the two amounts. In no event shall a parent be required to pay more support than

(1)

the parent would have paid had there not been split or shared custody and all children are residing with one parent.

(f) Extended Visits. In cases not involving shared custody, the Court may reduce the amount of support if a parent has the child

for fourteen consecutive days or more. A reasonable reduction would be 50% for the duration of the actual physical custody.

(g) Split Physical Custody. (1) Computation of support. When each parent has physical custody of at least one child, an

adjustment shall be made. Under the Guidelines, the Basic Child Support Obligation is multiplied by 1.4. The support amount is

then determined for each parent for the child(ren) in the custody of the other. The obligations are then offset, with the parent

owing the larger amount paying the difference between the two amounts.

(2) Proration of support. In determining child support amounts under a split custody arrangement, the support obligations shown

in the schedule must be prorated among all children in the household. For example, if there are three children due support, of

which two are with one parent and one is with the other, support amounts are calculated using the column for three children,

with one-third of the amount being used to determine the basic support obligation for one child and two-thirds for two children.

Section 11. Disability and Retirement Benefits Paid to Child. When disability dependency benefits or dependency retirement

benefits are paid on behalf of or on account of the child or children of a disabled or retired person, the amount of compensation

paid for the children shall be treated for all purposes as if the disabled or retired paying parent paid the compensation toward

satisfaction of the child support obligation award and the amount paid shall be included in the guideline income of the paying

parent. If the amount paid to the children exceeds the current child support obligation of the disabled or retired person, such

excess shall be credited against any child support in arrearage accruing after disablement or retirement, but such excess shall

not be credited against any future child support obligation. However, under no circumstance shall the disabled or retired person

receive reimbursement or payment of any part of such excess above the current child support obligation.

Section 12. Expression of Child Support. Child support should be stated as total monthly support for all children, and when a

child is no longer entitled to support the amounts shall be reduced in accordance with the schedule of the Guidelines.

Example. If there are three children initially, and later one child emancipates, the amount of support will not be reduced by

one-third, but will reflect the appropriate amount from the schedule for two children, and later one child.

1 A mathematical disparity occurs when there are five or more children and a substantial difference in incomes. In that case, if one child lives with the higher-income

parent the support obligation is more than if all children lived with the lower-income parent.

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