Virginia child support calculator

Virginia combines both parents’ monthly gross income, finds the total the state expects them to spend on the children, and divides that total between them in proportion to what each earns. Gross income is broad — wages, self-employment, bonuses, and most other income — with limited deductions (for example, support actually paid for other children).

The basic obligation comes from the schedule written into Va. Code § 20-108.2 — a table indexed by combined monthly gross income and number of children. This calculator reads the actual statutory table (844 rows, from the low-income floor up to $42,500 a month), so the figure matches the statute to the dollar. Above $42,500 the schedule ends and the court adds a percentage of the excess.

Two costs are added to the basic obligation before splitting: work-related child care and the children’s health-insurance premium. The resulting total is divided by each parent’s share of the combined income — if Parent A earns 60% of the combined income, Parent A is responsible for 60% of the total. Virginia also apportions unreimbursed medical expenses between the parents.

When the paying parent has the children 90 or more days a year, Virginia switches to the shared-custody formula in § 20-108.2(G)(3): the basic obligation is multiplied by 1.4 to reflect the duplicated cost of two households, then each parent’s share is offset by the proportion of days the children spend with the other parent. It usually lowers the paying parent’s order. Because that needs the exact day split, this calculator computes the sole-custody figure and flags when the shared formula applies.

It computes the sole-custody income-shares figure with child-care and health add-ons. It does not run the shared- or split-custody formula (§ 20-108.2(G)), add a percentage above the $42,500 ceiling, apportion unreimbursed medical costs, credit support for other children, or apply a deviation. For a figure you can file, use the Virginia guidelines worksheet or consult an attorney.