Rule Guideline 3 Presumptions
Rule Text
(a) Applicability. The Guidelines apply to all actions establishing or modifying temporary or permanent child support.
(b) Deviation. The court may deviate from the Guidelines when special circumstances or specific conditions exist that Guideline 2 does not encompass, or where application of the Guidelines would be inequitable. The court shall enter specific findings on the record when deviating from the Guidelines.
(c) Needs. Schedule A presumes the costs to provide for the average needs of children. The court may grant a request for child support in excess of the calculations established by the Guidelines. The parent seeking a child support award must support this request through direct evidence presented at the hearing proving the actual needs of the child exceed the Guidelines calculations.