WYOMING SUPPORT GUIDELINE
Wyoming child support calculator & worksheet
Wyoming Statute section 20-2-304 uses marginal support tables on the parents’ net income, plus statutory treatment of shared responsibility, split custody, and a self-support reserve.
Current module status
| State | Wyoming |
|---|---|
| Status | Active base worksheet module |
| Guideline model | income shares marginal monthly net |
| Primary income field | Combined monthly net income |
How Wyoming child support law works
Legal starting point. Wyoming Statute section 20-2-304 uses marginal support tables and the parents’ net income. The table produces the presumptive basic obligation, while the statutes address custody, benefit offsets, and a self-support reserve before a court enters an order. Read Wyoming Statutes §§ 20-2-303–304.
How the guideline is calculated
The monthly basic obligation is selected from the statutory table and allocated in proportion to net income. Shared responsibility, split custody, dependent benefits, low-income adjustments, and a requested departure require the full Wyoming worksheet and case facts.
What this site’s worksheet covers
Uses Wyoming Stat. § 20-2-304(a) marginal child support tables for the basic monthly obligation. The basic obligation is divided between parents in proportion to net income. Shared responsibility, split custody, benefit offsets and self-support reserve adjustments require separate worksheet handling.
Documents that make the worksheet more useful
Wyoming Confidential Financial Affidavit and Child Support Computation Form. Gather the records that support the income, parenting-time, insurance, child-care, and other adjustment entries that apply to the family. The calculator applies the guideline formula described above and identifies any listed worksheet line it does not compute.
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
Does Wyoming net income match a tax return's taxable income?
Wyoming defines income and net income for support in its own statute. Allowable deductions and treatment of business expenses must follow those definitions rather than importing a taxable-income total. The presumptive tables and any shared-custody or reserve provisions then operate on the guideline income.
Prepare this: Prepare the Confidential Financial Affidavit with separate gross-income sources and claimed deductions. Keep the Child Support Computation Form and the parenting schedule together for review.
Read the relevant official instructions: Wyoming Statutes §§ 20-2-303–304.
These preparation notes explain one part of the state guideline. A new estimate does not change an existing order; a modification request does.
How Wyoming cases actually get to a number
Select the monthly basic obligation from the statutory table using combined net income, then allocate in proportion to net income. Marginal tables mean additional income is treated in bands—not a single flat percentage of every dollar.
Wyoming Statute section 20-2-304 uses marginal support tables on the parents’ net income, plus statutory treatment of shared responsibility, split custody, and a self-support reserve. 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 Wyoming
Shared responsibility and split custody have statutory Wyoming calculations. Equal overnights do not mean you ignore the table and split remaining cash. Use the shared-responsibility worksheet when the statute’s definition is met.
Costs Wyoming usually treats separately
- Medical support
- Child-care costs
- Dependent-benefit offsets
- Other statutory adjustments
When Wyoming courts leave the guideline
The table is presumptive. Low-income / self-support reserve treatment is statutory. High-income and a child’s independent benefits (including certain federal benefits) can offset or alter support.
Official Wyoming forms to keep beside this guide
Wyoming Confidential Financial Affidavit and Child Support Computation Form. The calculator applies the guideline formula described above and identifies any listed worksheet line it does not compute. The primary authority is the published Wyoming source. Fill the official form from source documents. Use this page only to check that you chose the right Wyoming path—primary versus shared, table versus percentage, add-ons versus basic support.
Where this is typically filed
District Court hears family cases; CSE handles IV-D. Use the current § 20-2-304 tables, not a copied neighboring-state chart.
Questions specific to Wyoming
What does ‘marginal’ mean here?
Additional combined net income is applied through table bands. The last dollars are not treated exactly like the first dollars.
Net or gross?
Wyoming’s table uses the parents’ net income as the statutes define it.
Do Social Security benefits for the child matter?
Dependent benefits can offset support under Wyoming law. Enter them; do not ignore them.
Run the calculator
Open the free support calculator, select Wyoming, complete the state worksheet, and print or export the output for review.
Example: retain the full income share
One child, Party A’s monthly net income of $2,000 and Party B’s of $4,000, with Party A paying under an ordinary primary-care calculation. Shared care and reserve adjustments are excluded.
- Combined monthly net income is $6,000.
- The one-child bracket begins at $4,500 with $965 in support, then adds 11.8% of income above $4,500.
- $965 + ($6,000 − $4,500) × 11.8% = $1,142 in total basic support.
- Party A’s share is one-third, producing $380.67 per month after rounding.
Rounding one-third to 33% before multiplication understates the share. Preserve intermediate precision. A shared-care or low-income case may require a different result.
Original educational illustration checked September 17, 2026 against Wyoming Statutes §20-2-304. See what the calculation includes.