June 11th, 2018
Massachusetts Releases New Child Support Guidelines
The New Guidelines Claim to Fix These Errors
The 2018 guidelines, which go into effect on June 15, 2018, claim to fix these errors and simplify the analysis. They have changed the procedure to calculate the child support payments for shared custody (50% or 2/3 time), so that one form can be used to calculate the child support payment. These changes seem to have reversed many of the gains seen by custodial parents under the 2017 guidelines. They do, however, make the calculator more straightforward and predictable for families with more than one child, especially where there are a mix of under and over 18 year old children.
Care must be taken with modifications
Because of these new changes, analyses for modifications and complaints filed must take into account the change in the child support guidelines. This is especially true of modifications that were initially filed while the 2017 child support guidelines have been in force but have not gone to judgment, as the calculations will have changed.
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