Child support · GA
Georgia child support calculator
The O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15 table, the new parenting time adjustment and the low-income table, applied to your two incomes.
Rules read on official Georgia pages on · Checked by Radif Partners · How we calculate
- Model
- Income shares
- Income counted
- Adjusted gross
- Shared parenting
- No fixed formula
- 1 child, $5,000 / $3,000
- $719
- a month, rules of July 1, 2024
In Georgia, a noncustodial parent with $5,000 of monthly adjusted gross income, facing a custodial parent at $3,000, owes about $1,077 a month for two children before any parenting time, child care or insurance. That figure is a pro rata share of the $1,723 that the basic child support obligation table in O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15(o) lists for a combined $8,000. Since January 1, 2026, Georgia no longer uses a parenting time deviation that a judge could grant or refuse: every court-ordered day now feeds a formula that raises both parents' days to the power 2.5, so 100 days a year bring the same parent down to $938. A second new rule protects low earners: a parent whose own adjusted income sits below the top of the low-income adjustment table pays the lesser of the normal amount and that table. The table itself has been in force since July 1, 2024 and stops at $40,000 of combined income.
Guideline child support in Georgia, per month
$719
$8,625 a year
| Combined monthly adjusted gross income | $8,000 |
| Basic obligation in the Georgia table, 1 child | $1,150 |
| Noncustodial parent’s pro rata share | 62.5% |
Estimate under the Georgia guideline as published, from the incomes you enter. Deviations, imputed income, other children and the judge's findings can change the order. How this is calculated.
The 2026 switch from deviation to formula
Until the end of 2025, a Georgia parent who had the children every other weekend asked the court for a parenting time deviation, and the result depended on the judge. Senate Bill 454 kept the table in force since July 1, 2024 but made parenting time arithmetic. Each parent's yearly days (overnights averaged over two years, or daytime hours divided by 24) are raised to the power 2.5. The noncustodial parent's days, so transformed, multiply the custodial parent's dollar share; the custodial parent's days multiply the noncustodial share; the difference, divided by the sum of the two powered numbers, is added to the noncustodial share. Section 19-6-15(g)(2)(B)(viii) calls that result the parenting time adjustment.
The statute stops there. It does not spell out, in subsection (g), how Schedule C uses the adjustment. We read it the only way consistent with (g)(1)(B), which says the adjustment may bring the noncustodial share to zero or above the custodial parent's: the adjustment is subtracted from the noncustodial share. Equal days and equal incomes then give zero, which is what the statute describes. If the Child Support Commission's Schedule C ever shows another arrangement, the court's worksheet prevails over this estimate.
| Days a year with the paying parent | Monthly support, two children |
|---|---|
| 0 | $1,077 |
| 73 | $1,025 |
| 100 | $938 |
| 150 | $579 |
| 182 | $221 |
The curve is gentle at first and steep later. Going from no time to 73 days (roughly alternate weekends) saves $52 a month; going from 150 to 182 days saves $358. There is no cliff at a fixed number of nights, unlike the thresholds of neighboring North Carolina, so a schedule change of a few days moves the order only a little.
Closest row, not interpolation
Georgia does not interpolate. Section 19-6-15(b)(4) sends you to the income bracket most closely matched to the combined adjusted gross income, so $8,020 and $7,980 read the same line. Above $40,000 the parents are high-income: the court starts from the top line ($4,736 for two children) and may deviate upward. Below $800 there is no line at all, and the low-income rule takes over.
The low-income table, column by column
Subsection (p) is a second table, read on one parent's own income rather than on the combined figure. Up to $1,500 it is a flat percentage of income: 19% for 1, 24% for 2, 25% for 3, 26% for 4, 27% for 5 and 28% for 6 children. Above that, dollar amounts climb in $50 steps until the column ends, at $2,450 for one child and $3,950 for six. Take two parents at $2,000 each with two children: the pro rata share would be $558, the low-income table gives $522, and the lower figure is the presumptive order. When an income falls between two rows of this second table, the statute is silent; the calculator uses the closest row, as the main table does.
Work-related child care and the children's health insurance premium are added on Schedule D and split pro rata. A comparison with other states shows how unusual a power-curve parenting rule still is.
The Georgia guideline this calculator applies
| Rule | Georgia |
|---|---|
| Model | Income shares, combined monthly adjusted gross income table |
| Income counted | Adjusted gross income: gross income minus the deductions the guideline allows. |
| Official schedule | $800 to $40,000 of combined income a month, 785 rows |
| Shared parenting | No overnight formula in the calculator (see the rule below) |
| In force since | July 1, 2024 |
Monthly support for one paying parent, the other parent without income
| Paying parent’s monthly income | 1 child | 2 children | 3 children | 4 children |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | $381 | $522 | $576 | $615 |
| $3,000 | $562 | $857 | $995 | $1,085 |
| $4,000 | $733 | $1,116 | $1,349 | $1,507 |
| $5,000 | $887 | $1,341 | $1,610 | $1,799 |
| $6,000 | $1,009 | $1,523 | $1,826 | $2,039 |
| $8,000 | $1,150 | $1,723 | $2,050 | $2,290 |
| $10,000 | $1,285 | $1,906 | $2,242 | $2,505 |
| $12,500 | $1,498 | $2,225 | $2,624 | $2,931 |
| $15,000 | $1,682 | $2,471 | $2,879 | $3,216 |
| $20,000 | $2,053 | $2,998 | $3,470 | $3,876 |
How the amount is set. Locate the figure closest to the parents' combined adjusted gross income; if it falls between amounts shown, the obligation is based on the income bracket most closely matched to the combined adjusted gross income (§ 19-6-15(b)(4)). source
Income. Gross income is all income from any source before taxes (salaries, commissions, tips, self-employment income, bonuses, overtime, severance and other items listed in O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15(f)(1)). Adjusted income = monthly gross income minus one-half of self-employment taxes, preexisting child support orders being paid, and a theoretical child support order for other qualified children if allowed by the court (§ 19-6-15(a)(2), (b)(2), (f)(5)).
Above the table. High-income parents (combined adjusted gross income above $40,000 a month): the court sets the basic obligation at the highest table amount and may consider an upward deviation (§ 19-6-15(i)(2)(A)).
Parenting time. Since January 1, 2026 every court-ordered parenting time is reflected by a continuous parenting time adjustment raising each parent's days to the power 2.5 (§ 19-6-15(g)); there is no threshold. It applies only to court-ordered parenting time and may reduce the noncustodial parent's share to zero or shift the obligation to the custodial parent when the custodial parent earns more (§ 19-6-15(g)(1)(B)-(C)).
Child care and health care. added to basic obligation and shared by income children's share of health insurance premiums added to basic obligation and shared by income Work-related child care costs and health insurance premiums for the child are added as additional expenses on Schedule D and prorated by each parent's share (§ 19-6-15(h)).
Low incomes. Low-income adjustment table (§ 19-6-15(p)), effective January 1, 2026: for a parent's individual monthly adjusted gross income at or below $1,500 the amount is 19% (1 child), 24%, 25%, 26%, 27%, 28% (6 children) of income; from $1,550 the table lists dollar amounts up to $2,450 (1 child), $2,950 (2), $3,350 (3), $3,550 (4), $3,750 (5) and $3,950 (6). The parent pays the lesser of the presumptive amount and the table amount (§ 19-6-15(i.1)).
When support ends. Support continues until the child reaches majority (18), dies, marries or is emancipated; the court may order support for a child who reached majority while enrolled in and attending secondary school, but not after age 20 (§ 19-6-15(e)). source
The state also runs its own official child support calculator; use it, or the court's worksheet, for a filing.
Worth knowing in Georgia
- The basic child support obligation table now in force took effect July 1, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 968, SB 454) and covers $800 to $40,000 of combined monthly adjusted gross income for 1 to 6 children. source
- The parenting time adjustment and the low-income adjustment table took effect January 1, 2026 (SB 454, § 2(b)); until then the former low-income and parenting time deviations applied. source
- Parents are high-income if combined adjusted gross income exceeds $40,000 a month; the table maximum applies and the court may deviate upward (§ 19-6-15(i)(2)(A)). source
- A parent may not petition to modify within two years of a final order on his or her previous modification petition, except for parenting time not exercised or exceeded, or an involuntary loss of income (§ 19-6-15(k)(2)). source
- An involuntary loss of income of 25% or more stops the corresponding support from accruing from service of a modification petition (§ 19-6-15(j)(1)). source