State of Alabama		CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES			Case Number
Unified Judicial System
Form CS–42 Rev. 5/2022

IN THE		COURT OF		COUNTY,ALABAMA
(Circuit or District)			(Name of County)

	V.
Plaintiff		Defendant

Children		Date of Birth		Children		Date of Birth
Number of Children

Line	Item			Plaintiff	Defendant	Combined
1	MONTHLY GROSS INCOME			$	$
1a	Minus Preexisting Child Support Payments			-	-
1b	Minus Preexisting Periodic Alimony Payments			-	-
2	MONTHLY ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME (Line 1 – Line 1a – Line 1b)
	Child-Support-Obligation Calculations
3	PERCENTAGE SHARE OF INCOME (Income on Line 2 divided by Combined Income)
4	BASIC CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION (Apply Line 2 Combined to Schedule of Basic Child Support Obligations)
5	SHARED 50% PHYSICAL-CUSTODY CHILD-SUPPORT OBLIGATION (150% of Basic Child-Support Obligation) (1.5 x Line 4 Combined)
6	WORK-RELATED CHILD-CARE COSTS (Paid by Either Parent)			$	$
7	HEALTH-CARE-COVERAGE COSTS (Paid by Either Parent)			+	+
8	TOTAL CHILD-CARE AND HEALTH-CARE-COVERAGE COSTS (Line 6 + Line 7)
9	TOTAL CHILD-SUPPORT OBLIGATION (Combined Line 5 + Line 8)
10	EACH PARENT'S CHILD-SUPPORT OBLIGATION (Line 3 x Line 9)
	Shared 50% Physical Custody Calculations
11	TOTAL COSTS PAID BY EACH PARENT(Line 8)
12	CREDIT FOR SHARED 50% PHYSICAL CUSTODY (50% of Line 5 Combined)
13	ADJUSTED SHARED 50% PHYSICAL-CUSTODY CHILD-SUPPORT OBLIGATION (Line 10 – Line 11 – Line 12)
	Recommended Child Support Order
14	RECOMMENDED CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER (Higher of amounts in Line 13 placed in column of parent with higher amount.)
Prepared By:					Date: