ABOUT THE PROJECT
Built to make a difficult worksheet easier to read.
Guideline Calculator is an independent educational project from AetheriX. It helps people organize support-calculation inputs, understand the cited state method, and prepare better questions for a lawyer or court self-help office.
Who maintains it
The project is maintained by a small product and research team. We read the public statutes, court rules, agency worksheets, and official instructions for each state we release. A state page names its source, effective period, supported scenario, and known exclusions so a visitor can inspect the same boundaries we use in the code.
How a state is released
- Collect primary sources. We start with the current state statute, rule, worksheet, agency guidance, and official examples.
- Map the worksheet. We document income definitions, deductions, custody branches, caps, add-ons, and fields that require a court decision.
- Test the boundaries. We test representative examples, low- and high-income limits, rounding, and cases where the source is ambiguous.
- Publish the limits. If a scenario is not implemented or cannot be verified, the page says so and withholds a numeric result.
Corrections and updates
Guidelines and forms change. We record the date a source was checked and review released modules before their next review deadline. Send a broken source, outdated rule, or calculation concern to the corrections team; include the state and the page URL, never confidential case details.