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Vermont Child Support Calculator 2026

Convert gross income through Vermont’s custody-specific tax tables before calculating support.

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1/1Vermont guideline inputs

Used for full shared custody; enter 110–255.

Estimated monthly child support: $1,075.19

The paying parent pays this amount to the receiving parent each month.

How this estimate was computed
Line itemAmount
Intact-family expenditure row $7,225–$7,274.99Vermont Table of Intact Family Expenditures on Children (Vermont Office of Child Support)$1,944.00
Sole-custody proportional obligation limited by self-support reserve15 V.S.A. §§ 653–657 — support definitions, computation, and shared custody (Vermont General Assembly)$1,075.19

Assumptions

  • Gross incomes are converted with Vermont’s January 2, 2024 official custody-specific tax table.
  • Converted available incomes are $4,001 and $3,233.
  • The payer is the noncustodial parent under the sole-custody worksheet.
  • Both gross incomes are within the conversion table.
  • Combined available income is within the expenditure table.
  • The result does not reduce the obligor below the current $1,596 self-support reserve.
  • The child count has its own table column.
  • Health insurance deductions, support paid, additional dependents, childcare, extraordinary expenses, split custody, partial-shared custody, maintenance supplements, and deviations are excluded.

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Vermont guidelines, effective 2024-01-02.

Vermont starts with “available income”

The engine uses 601-row gross-to-after-tax tables and the 588-row Intact Family Expenditures table revised January 2, 2024.

The full shared formula multiplies expenditure by 150% when each parent has at least 30% of overnights.

Expenditure rows
588source
2026 reserve
$1,596source
Full shared
30% eachsource

Worked example: sole custody

  1. Convert each gross income with the sole-custody tax table.
  2. Select the combined available-income expenditure band.
  3. Allocate by available-income share and apply the reserve.

The steps above follow the calculation method described on our methodology page.

Choose the custody-specific conversion table

Vermont’s tax conversions differ between sole and shared worksheets.

What this estimate includes

  • Both complete tax tables
  • Complete expenditure table
  • Sole custody
  • 30%-plus shared offset
  • 2026 self-support reserve

What it leaves out

  • 25%–under-30% partial-shared table
  • Health-insurance deductions
  • Childcare and extraordinary costs
  • Split custody
  • Deviations

Vermont child support examples by weekly income

These scenario tables keep the paying parent’s weekly income fixed, then show how the other parent’s income and the number of children change the guideline result. They are examples, not a substitute for the full calculator above.

Vermont child support calculator FAQs

Are gross incomes used directly?

No; they first pass through official after-tax tables.

When does full shared custody apply?

When each parent has at least 30% of overnights.

What about 25% to under 30%?

Vermont uses a separate partial-shared table; this calculator fails closed for that band.

What is the current reserve?

$1,596 monthly, effective February 2, 2026.

What is the available-income table ceiling?

$30,024.99 monthly.

Can shared support exceed ordinary support?

No; the statute caps it at the ordinary guideline amount.

Official sources

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