on the face of it it’s pretty simple you

put in

there there’s a calculator that we use

most frequently

it’s a complex series of math

calculations but the the state has a

really simple calculator to use

and so largely we put in the the you

know the income numbers and the

costs that people incur for

spousal maintenance and support of other

kids and any public benefits that may be

received

we figure out the number of days each

parent has with the kids and puts we put

that into a formula

into this calculator and that gives us

the number

i mean the the harder part of it is each

of those line items are subject to

debate and discussion you know for wages

do you include bonuses do you include

overtime you know what what counts as

wages for a self-employed person you

know how do you deal with depreciation

so there’s all these line items that um

are subject to to discussion so on a

simple case you just put in the numbers

on a lot of cases we’re trying to sort

out what’s what’s appropriate numbers to

to include