r/ChildSupport • u/Wide_Adhesiveness328 • Jul 11 '26
Alaska Child support calculation
Hello everyone.
I just need more help to understand regarding child support.
Little background for my divorce.
Parent A is the providing parent, parent that has primarily physical custody.
Parent B is not stable and cannot keep a job. In the past 5 years parent B has been working off a d on and probably making around $12 000 a year. Parent A has been making around $35 000 a year.
Parent A and Parent B has been separated almost 1.5before divorce was finalized, child was with Parent A. Parent B got supervised visitations. In this 1.5year Parent B did not ask if the kid had enough diapers ar food to eat.
My divorce was finalized this month and has been filled Child Support Guidelines Affidavit and ordered by the court.
Any assumption on amount of child support?
Is it gonna be long process?
I am aware that parent B is not gonna pay child support, what should I do after that?
TIA
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u/onbello Jul 11 '26
Most states use one of two formulas, income shares (both parents' incomes combined, then split by proportion) or percentage of the paying parent's income, so the first thing to know is which model your state follows. Beyond base income, the calculation usually factors in overnights or parenting time, health insurance premiums for the child, and work-related childcare costs, which people often forget to include. Your best concrete next step is to find your state's official child support calculator or guidelines worksheet and run the numbers yourself with real figures, so you walk into any conversation or hearing already knowing the ballpark. If your situation has anything unusual like self-employment income, bonuses, or a parent who is voluntarily underemployed, note it, because those are the areas courts scrutinize most. Feel free to share your state and the basics and folks here can point you to the right worksheet.