GEORGIA SUPPORT GUIDELINE
Georgia child support calculator & worksheet
Georgia Code section 19-6-15 uses a presumptive income-shares table. Parenting time, qualified children, and high-income findings are separate from the basic table cell.
Current module status
| State | Georgia |
|---|---|
| Status | Active base worksheet module |
| Guideline model | income shares monthly table |
| Primary income field | Combined monthly adjusted gross income |
How Georgia child support law works
Legal starting point. Georgia Code section 19-6-15 uses a presumptive income-shares calculation. The published basic-obligation table represents the starting point, while schedules and findings address expenses, parenting time, qualified children, and deviations. Read O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15.
How the guideline is calculated
The worksheet combines adjusted income, selects the basic obligation for the number of children, and assigns each parent a pro rata share. Child care, insurance, parenting-time adjustments, high income, and a requested deviation are not answered by the table alone.
What this site’s worksheet covers
Uses the Georgia Basic Child Support Obligation table published for O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15. The basic child support obligation is divided between parents pro rata by adjusted income. Work-related child care, health insurance premiums, parenting time adjustment, deviations, qualified-child adjustments and other schedules are separate worksheet issues unless entered in a full Georgia worksheet module. If combined adjusted gross income falls between table rows, Georgia uses the income bracket most closely matched to combined adjusted gross income. The table stops at $40,000 combined monthly income. Above that row this module shows no amount, because the court sets high-income support. Use the official worksheet.
Documents that make the worksheet more useful
Georgia Child Support Worksheet and Schedules A–E, including the 2026 adjustments. Gather the records that support the income, parenting-time, insurance, child-care, and other adjustment entries that apply to the family. The 2026 parenting-time formula and low-income adjustment table are not implemented. Cases requiring those branches now stop instead of returning an unadjusted basic amount.
For a filing or agreement, complete the official court forms linked on this page. They use the same guideline structure explained here, and the court applies it to the facts of the case.
Before you enter your numbers
What changed in Georgia's 2026 worksheet?
Georgia's 2026 changes introduce a parenting-time adjustment and a low-income adjustment. These are worksheet calculations, so using only the basic obligation table misses part of the current process. A previously saved worksheet may not contain the same steps as the current official calculator.
Prepare this: Start with the current Georgia Child Support Commission calculator and record the annual parenting days, adjusted monthly income, and child expenses used in its schedules.
Read the relevant official instructions: Child Support Commission: guideline changes effective in 2026.
These preparation notes explain one part of the state guideline. A new estimate does not change an existing order; a modification request does.
How Georgia cases actually get to a number
Combine adjusted income, select the basic obligation for the number of children, and assign each parent a pro rata share. Child care, insurance, and parenting-time adjustments follow on the worksheet.
Georgia Code section 19-6-15 uses a presumptive income-shares table. Parenting time, qualified children, and high-income findings are separate from the basic table cell. That is a different path from neighboring states that use another model, so do not import a table, percentage, or overnight credit from somewhere else.
Parenting time in Georgia
Georgia’s parenting-time adjustment is not automatic equal-time math. The worksheet uses the court-ordered overnight schedule. Informal week-on/week-off arrangements still need an order before they belong on the form.
Costs Georgia usually treats separately
- Work-related child-care costs
- Health-insurance premiums for the children
- Uninsured medical expenses
- Extraordinary educational costs with findings
When Georgia courts leave the guideline
High income, a child’s special needs, and other support obligations are listed deviation topics. The table amount remains presumptive until the court explains a different figure.
Official Georgia forms to keep beside this guide
Georgia Child Support Worksheet and Schedules A–E, including the 2026 adjustments. The 2026 parenting-time formula and low-income adjustment table are not implemented. Cases requiring those branches now stop instead of returning an unadjusted basic amount. The primary authority is the published Georgia source. Fill the official form from source documents. Use this page only to check that you chose the right Georgia path—primary versus shared, table versus percentage, add-ons versus basic support.
Where this is typically filed
Superior Court hears most cases; DCSS administers IV-D. Use the current child-support worksheet and calculator published with § 19-6-15.
Questions specific to Georgia
Is Georgia a percentage-of-obligor state?
No. It is an income-shares table with later adjustments.
Do other children in the home change the table?
Qualified children and other-support adjustments are worksheet issues, not a silent reduction of gross pay.
What if income is above the table?
High-income cases need findings beyond the last row. Do not extrapolate a homemade percentage.
Run the calculator
Open the free support calculator, select Georgia, complete the state worksheet, and print or export the output for review.