Iowa Child Support Guidelines – 2026
Iowa's child support guidelines, sixteen rules. Rule 9.1 records that the supreme court prescribed them under the federal Family Support Act of 1988 and Iowa Code section 598.21B, and Rule 9.4 makes them a rebuttable presumption. The substance is here: Rule 9.5 what counts as income, Rule 9.6 the guidelines method for computing taxes, Rule 9.7 and 9.8 the qualified additional dependent deduction, Rule 9.9 the extraordinary visitation credit, Rule 9.11 when a court may vary from the guidelines, Rule 9.12 the medical support order, Rule 9.13 court review of a stipulation, and Rule 9.14 the method of calculation. Rule 9.26 is the Iowa Schedule of Basic Support Obligations, which the Legislature publishes as fourteen pages of images; the schedule itself cannot be reproduced, so that rule carries its title and its amendment history only.
Browse all 16 rules of the 2026 edition below. Each rule includes the full text, a plain-English summary, committee notes, amendment history, and cross-references to related rules. Use the search box to find rules by keyword or number.