Rule 9.4 Guidelines — rebuttable presumption

In ordering child support, the court should determine the amount of support specified by the guidelines. There is a rebuttable presumption that the amount of child support which would result from the application of the guidelines prescribed by the supreme court is the correct amount of child support to be awarded. That amount may be adjusted upward or downward, however, if the court finds such adjustment necessary to provide for the needs of the children or to do justice between the parties under the special circumstances of the case. The appropriate amount of child support is zero if the noncustodial parent’s only income is from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) paid pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1381a.