Child Support Enforcement (CSE)
Services: Child Support Guidelines, Forms and Resources
Current Guidelines (Effective July 1, 2008)
The North Dakota Department of Human Services has established child support guidelines to be used by courts in determining the amount a parent should be expected to contribute toward the support of a child. These guidelines apply in any action in North Dakota in which a child support obligation is being established or changed.
Note: The current guidelines (effective July 1, 2008) replace the previous guidelines (effective August 1, 2003, through June 30, 2008). The changes between the current and previous versions are limited to section -09, regarding criteria for rebuttal of the guideline amount. These changes are based on 2007 legislation providing that the guidelines must authorize a deviation "based on the proportionate net income of the obligor and obligee when the net income of the obligee is at least three times higher than the net income of the obligor."
Forms
Child Support Enforcement has developed forms that can be used to assist in calculating a child support obligation under the current guidelines. In addition, the North Dakota Supreme Court's technology division has developed a web-based guidelines calculator to assist in determining an obligation.
- Financial Affidavit (child support determination)
- Instructions for Child Support Guidelines Worksheet (48kb pdf)
- Worksheet (80kb pdf)
- Schedule A: Imputed Income (161kb pdf)
- Schedule B: Self-Employment Income (325kb pdf)
- Schedule C: Multiple Families (80kb pdf)
- Schedule D: Adjustment for Extended Visitation (64kb pdf)
- Schedule E: Foster Care (N.D. Admin. Code 75-02-04.1-11) (60kb pdf)
- Schedule 1: Hypothetical Federal and State Income Tax (N.D. Admin. Code 75-02-04.1-01(7)(a) and (b)) (68kb pdf)
- Schedule 2: Health Insurance (N.D. Admin. Code 75-02-04.1-01(7)(d)) (56kb pdf)
- Supreme Court's Child Support Guidelines Calculator
Resources
Proposed Amendments to the Guidelines
By law, the Department of Human Services must review the guidelines at least once every four years to ensure that the guidelines result in appropriate child support amounts. The most recent four-year review process began in May 2006 and included forming a drafting advisory committee to make recommendations for changes to the guidelines. Based on the committee's recommendations, the Department of Human Services proposed several amendments to the guidelines. A fact sheet has been developed to summarize the proposed amendments.
A public hearing on the proposed amendments was held on Thursday, November 16, 2006, in Bismarck. In addition, the Department of Human Services accepted written comments on the proposed amendments until Monday, November 27, 2006.
- Proposed Amendments to Child Support Guidelines (Four-Year Review) (127kb pdf)
- Fact Sheet - Proposed Changes (463kb pdf)
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