Child Support Calculator
Estimate South Carolina child support using the state guidelines. It uses the SC guidelines, but the court can deviate. Treat it as a working estimate, not a ruling.
South Carolina Child Support Estimator
An estimate under the 2024 South Carolina Child Support Guidelines (Form 2819, updated 1/2024), which use the income shares formula. Enter monthly figures. Every calculation step is shown so you can check the math.
This is an estimate, not the answer. The family court sets the actual amount, and the court's determination controls. Courts may also deviate from the guidelines with written findings.
How this was calculated
- No alimony is being paid between these two parents, and neither parent pays court-ordered alimony or child support from another case.
- Neither parent has other natural or adopted children living in their home.
- No extraordinary medical expenses are being added to the calculation.
- Work-related child care is adjusted using the guidelines' simulated tax-credit method, not figures from filed tax returns.
- Each parent has physical custody of the same set of children. Split custody, where each parent has primary custody of at least one child, uses a different worksheet this estimator does not cover.
Christopher J. Archer
Archer Swearingen Family Law
Licensed South Carolina attorney. Over a decade of family law practice, focused on uncontested divorce and separate maintenance.
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