Texas uses the percentage of income
model for calculating child support, so your payment is a percentage of your pay, minus allowable deductions, based on the number of children who need your support.
Section 3 of the Guidelines sets out the presumptive rule
for calculating child support according to «Table» amount set out in the province - specific Federal Child Support Tables (the «Tables»).
From their inception, the Pennsylvania guidelines have included a table (based upon the Income Shares Model)
for calculating child support and a formula for calculating spousal support, with or without children.
Ten states and the District of Columbia utilize the percentage of obligor's income model
for calculating child support.
Kentucky uses the income shares model
for calculating child support: the court adds both parents» incomes together, a certain amount of the total is set aside for the children's needs, and each parent pays a portion of that amount commensurate with the percentage they contribute to the combined total income.