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In 1990, Maryland enacted
Child Support Guidelines in order to have appropriate and consistent
child support awards. Unless application of the Guidelines would be
unjust or inappropriate in a particular case, the Court will apply the
Guidelines when establishing child support.
The Guidelines calculate child support based on each parent’s respective
gross income (before taxes), the number of children and other expenses,
such as work-related child care, extraordinary medical costs and private
school expenses.
There are two (2) formulas for Child Support Guidelines: Formula A for
sole custody and Formula B for shared custody. The “shared” Formula B
applies to reduce the child support obligation when both parents have
the children overnight for more than 35% of the year (or 128 overnights
per year).
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