North Carolina Child Support
Income shares under the official guidelines — organized, never guessed
Both parents' incomes combine under the presumptive guidelines; Worksheets A, B, or C apply by custody shape. Route your worksheet and assemble the inputs the instrument asks for — this page computes no dollar figure, because the guideline schedule hasn't been byte-verified into this platform's corpus yet, and unverified numbers do not render here.
The instrument:North Carolina Child Support Guidelines (AOC-A-162)· effective January 1, 2023 · official English, Spanish & Vietnamese editions
Which worksheet fits?
Routed worksheet
Worksheet A — primary custody
One parent has primary physical custody (the instrument's threshold: the other parent has fewer than 123 overnights per year — verify the current edition's own line before relying).
A
primary custody
B
joint or shared custody
C
split custody
Assemble the inputs
0/5 gatheredNorth Carolina child support is INCOME SHARES under the presumptive guidelines (§ 50-13.4(c)): both parents' incomes combine, the schedule yields a basic obligation, and adjustments allocate it. This organizer routes worksheets and assembles inputs — it does not compute a dollar figure, because the guideline schedule has not yet been byte-verified into this platform's corpus, and unverified numbers do not render here. Deviation is a court decision on request with findings (§ 50-13.4(c)).
The instrument carries a self-support reserve protecting low-income obligors — the current edition's own table controls; verify it on the official instrument rather than any summary, including this one.
Authority locked — retrieved from the hash-pinned corpus
The instrument controls — and it is reviewed periodically. The Conference reviews the guidelines on a quadrennial cycle (§ 50-13.4(c1) requires periodic review); a 2026 review is the standing watch — re-resolve the current instrument from the official page before relying on any edition-specific figure. Deviation from the guidelines is a court decision on request with findings (§ 50-13.4(c)). Attorney review is strongly recommended when income is disputed, a parent is self-employed, or support is being modified. This is legal information, not legal advice.