ARIZONA CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES

BACKGROUND: The Arizona Child Support Guidelines follow the Income Shares Model. The 
model was developed by the Child Support Guidelines Project of the National Center for State 
Courts. The total child support amount approximates the amount that would have been spent on 
the children if the parents and children were living together. Each parent contributes his/her 
proportionate share of the total child support amount. 
Information regarding development of the guidelines, including economic data and assumptions 
upon which the Schedule of Basic Support Obligations is based, is contained in the April 14, 
2009 report of Center for Policy Research, entitled Basis of an Updated Child Support Schedule 

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