Nebraska Child Support Worksheet

Child support in Nebraska is determined under the Nebraska Child Support Guidelines, which are adopted by the Nebraska Supreme Court and applied by courts throughout the state. Nebraska follows an income-shares model, meaning child support is based on the combined income of both parents and is intended to reflect the level of support a child would have received if the parents lived together.

For your reference, below is a Nebraska child support worksheet provided by Stange Law Firm, PC to help parents better understand how child support may be calculated under Nebraska law.

The results generated by the Nebraska child support calculator are estimates based on the financial information you provide. You may also review another Nebraska child support calculator through official state resources for comparison purposes.

The amount of child support ordered by a Nebraska court may differ from the estimate produced by this calculator. While the Nebraska Child Support Guidelines provide a framework for calculating support, courts retain discretion to deviate from the guideline amount when appropriate. This calculator generally assumes that a child primarily resides with one parent and may not accurately reflect situations involving joint physical custody, shared parenting time, or split custody arrangements.

Nebraska courts may consider additional factors when determining child support, including health insurance costs, work-related child care expenses, extraordinary medical expenses, and parenting time adjustments. The calculator is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. It does not account for every possible factor that may affect a child support determination. The court has final authority to set child support, and any estimate provided is not a guarantee of the amount that may ultimately be ordered.