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Under the 2018 Guidelines, even unemployed parents were expected to pay at least $25 per week in child support. The 2021 Guidelines reduce minimum child support obligations for parents earning less than $210 per week to as low as $12/week.

The answer is ?sort of?. You may agree on the support amount, but the court will only order it if the judge finds that it's fair and reasonable. The court will generally presume that the child support amount that results after using the guidelines is the appropriate amount of child support.

The breakdowns are based on the following categories of gross weekly income: $0-100; $100-280; $281-750 and $751-max. At the maximum income, support is as follows based on 1, 2 or 3 children: $167+25%; $199+30% and $222+33%.

Child support is based on both parents' income. The court uses the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines to make child support orders. The judge will use the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines Worksheet that you fill out to help determine the amount of child support that will be paid.

Under Massachusetts law (M.G.L.A. c. 209C, § 9), a Court ?shall ? order past [child] support for the period from the birth of the child to the entry of the order? upon the filing of a complaint seeking child support by an unmarried parent.

The amount of child support a parent will have to pay in Massachusetts is based on a number of factors that make up the child support guidelines. Parents can always agree to pay more than the amount set out by the guidelines, but very rarely will they be able to pay less.