Louisiana · STATE-SPECIFIC WORKFLOW

Louisiana support worksheet.

Enter both parties’ countable income and the adjustments relevant to this state. The Louisiana calculation uses the state’s income definition and the specific formula fields below.

Louisiana Worksheet A or B and supporting income statements. Louisiana R.S. 9:315–315.20

How to use this result: The calculation follows the state’s published guideline for the figures you enter. The court or agency issues the final order and may apply deviations or facts not entered here. This is educational information, not an official court calculation or legal advice.

Louisiana financial worksheet

Complete Party A and Party B, then the state formula fields.

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Louisiana Worksheet A or B and supporting income statements. Use Louisiana R.S. 9:315–315.20 to determine the amounts counted for each party.
Wages, dividends, interest, business earnings, and other countable income are added separately for each party. Enter each dollar once; do not repeat business profit as an owner distribution.
General asset balances, loan balances, and household spending are not collected in this support-calculation workflow. Enter countable earnings from assets. A separate court financial affidavit may require additional disclosures.
Business and rental deductions must be expenses allowed for support, which can differ from tax-return deductions. Do not deduct personal living expenses as business expenses.
Uses Louisiana R.S. 9:315.19 schedule of basic child support obligations.
R.S. 9:315.13 requires extrapolation when combined adjusted gross income falls between two schedule amounts.
Worksheet A in R.S. 9:315.20 allocates the total support obligation by each party’s percentage share of adjusted gross income after adding child care, health insurance, extraordinary medical expenses and other worksheet adjustments.
Below the lowest schedule level and above the highest schedule level, Louisiana requires court-specific determination or discretion under R.S. 9:315.13.

This calculator applies the published state guideline formula and has been tested against the official schedule and published examples. When a case needs a worksheet line listed above, the calculator stops and identifies that line instead of estimating it. Compare your result with the official sources linked here.

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