Simple Child Support Calculator
For a simple and easy calculation of child support in Michigan, we recommend using the Michigan online calculator.
The Michigan online calculator is quite simple and easy to use. You can also expect it to be accurate and kept up to date in 2024.
For the state of Michigan, we advise against using a different calculator as the results may be innacurate or misleading.
Overnights Calculator for Michigan
According to Michigan child support guidelines, payment amounts depend on how many overnight stays a child has with each parent annually.
Use this overnights calculator to work out how many nights of care you provide.
Calculate annual overnight stays
Regular nights
Vacation nights each year*
183 overnight stays per year.
50.0% of parenting time.
* Vacation nights are all nights when the regular schedule does not apply.
How Child Support is Calculated in Michigan
Child support payments in Michigan are calculated using the income shares method. Payments depend on the combined incomes of the parents as well as the number of children. A larger combined income or more children usually means greater payments.
The amount paid or received by an individual parent also depends on income and parenting time percentages.
- If your income percentage (your share of combined income) is higher than your care percentage (share of parenting time), you are probably the payer.
- The receiver is normally the parent with a care percentage above their income percentage.
Michiganians paying the most child support have high incomes and rarely look after their children. On the flipside, the biggest receivers are parents who (a) work little (b) have their kids nearly all the time and (c) have a high earner as the other parent.
Michigan child support guidelines are based on the monthly net income of both parents and the time a child spends with each one. The court reviews child support agreements to make sure the guidelines are applied correctly, and the payment amount is appropriate.
Child support in Michigan is based on a formula that takes into account the parents incomes, the number overnights with the children, child care expenses for children 12 and under, and health insurance premium expenses for the children. Reaching a child support figure is often a contentious issue between parents when there is no agreement on the number of overnights or when a parent’s income is not straightforward.
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Michiganian child support guidelines apply to the whole state, including the cities of Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights, Ann Arbor and Lansing. Variations in support payments may be made by the agreement of parents or at the discretion of a judge presiding over your case.
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