What You Need to Know About Child Support Guidelines

The implementation of the Guidelines have significantly simplified the process for establishing child support in North Carolina and other states. For this reason, many child support cases are settled by the parties, or their attorneys, rather than by a judge. The cases that proceed to court are usually those wherein it is difficult to determine a party’s gross income, or wherein the parties do not agree whether to use Worksheet A or Worksheet B, due to the custody of the child(ren).