What Is Imputed Income in Florida Child Support?

Use the free tool — Child Support Estimate FL

What Imputed Income Means Here

Florida's child support guideline, under Florida Statutes §61.30, is built from each parent's net income. Sometimes a court uses a different income figure than what a parent actually earns — that is called imputed income. This is one of the topics a step-by-step guideline tool is built to walk through, but the material behind this guide does not spell out the exact standard a court uses to decide when to impute income, or at what amount. If imputed income might apply to your case, that is a question for a professional, not for an online estimate.

Where It Fits in the Florida Guideline

The §61.30 calculation moves through several steps, and imputed income would affect the first one:

Net income for each parent (this is where an imputed figure would be used instead of actual pay, if a court decides to impute)
Income shares between the two parents
The basic obligation from the statutory schedule
A time-sharing adjustment when a parent has 20% or more of the overnights
Add-ons for childcare and health-insurance costs

Child Support Estimate FL computes this guideline from the numbers you type, using approximate schedule rows — but the court uses the exact statutory table, actual net incomes, and the facts in evidence, and may deviate.

Deviations and Modifying an Existing Order

Once a guideline amount is calculated, a court can deviate: up to ±5% without special findings, or more with findings. If you already have a child support order, Florida applies a 15%-or-$50 rule when deciding whether a change is significant enough to modify it. Imputed income could be relevant to either a deviation or a modification request, but this material does not explain how a court would weigh it in your case.

What This Page Doesn't Know

This page cannot tell you whether a court will impute income to you or the other parent, at what amount, or under what standard. It is not legal advice. The Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(e) and Florida Statutes §61.30 govern the calculation, but the exact statutory table, actual net incomes, and the facts presented in your case control the real outcome. For your specific situation, confirm with the Florida DOR Child Support Program or with legal aid.

Florida DOR Child Support Program: floridarevenue.com/childsupport
Legal aid: floridalawhelp.org

What to Do Next

Child Support Estimate FL is a free tool, in English and Spanish, that is not affiliated with any court, the Department of Revenue, or any law firm. Type both parents' incomes, the number of children, the overnights each parent has, and childcare and health-insurance costs. The tool reads your own numbers and computes the §61.30 guideline step by step — net incomes, income shares, the basic obligation, the 20% time-sharing adjustment when it applies, and the add-ons — so you can see the arithmetic before mediation, and then confirm anything about imputed income with the Child Support Program or legal aid.

Use the free tool

Child Support Estimate FL is an informational calculator based on Florida Statutes 61.30 and the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(e) as of 2025–26. The basic-obligation schedule is interpolated from anchor rows and is approximate; the statutory table controls. Net income depends on actual tax withholding and allowable deductions. It is not legal advice and does not file anything. It is not affiliated with any court, the Department of Revenue or any law firm.