Temporary Spousal Maintenance Guidelines Calculator (Includes Low Income Adjustment) *for divorces on or after 10/25/15
I. Income Section
1. Plaintiff INSTRUCTIONS
2. Defendant PUT INCOMES IN FIELD 1 & 2 AND PRESS ENTER.
CLEAR FORM
Income Over 203K TO START OVER ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐>
3. Plaintiff $0.00
4. Defendant $0.00
II. Income for Calculations (up to $203,000 of Payor's Income)
5. Payor
6. Payee
Basic Calculation: NOTE: YOU MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOXES IN ORDER FOR THIS CALCULATOR TO WORK
DETERMINE WHICH FORMULA APPLIES BY CHECKING THE BOXES BELOW:
QUESTION A: Will child support be paid for children of the marriage? Yes No
QUESTION B: Is the Payor also the non‐custodial parent pursuant to the CSSA? Yes No
If the answer to both Question A and Question B is yes, formula 7a below will apply. Otherwise the formula in 7b will apply.
7a. Calculation A $0.00 20% of Payor's Income minus 25% of Payee's Income
or
7b. Calculation B $0.00 30% of Payor's Income minus 20% of Payee's Income
8. Calculation C $0.00 40% of Combined Income minus Payee's Income
9. Guideline Amount $0.00 The Guideline Amount is the Lesser of Line 7a or 7b (whichever applies) and Line 8; or zero if Line 8 is less than
or equal to 0
Low Income Adjustment:
10. Payor Income minus Guideline Amount $0.00
11. Low Income Award Where the guideline amount would reduce the payer's income below the self‐support reserve ($19,683);
$0.00 the award is the payor's income minus the self‐support reserve. If Line 11 equals zero or is negative,
the award is zero.
III. AWARD
PAYOR: N/A
12: Annual Amount $0.00
13. Monthly Payment $0.00
14. Semi- Monthly Payment $0.00
15. Bi‐Weekly Payment $0.00
16. Weekly Payment
$0.00
Income Exceeds $203,000: If the payor’s income exceeds $203,000, the court considers the 13 factors set forth in DRL.§236 Part B(5‐A)(h)(1) in determining any additional award of temporary maintenance
based in the income above $203,000. See Page 2 for a list of these factors.
Adjustment of Award: The court may adjust the award if it finds the award is unjust or inappropriate based on consideration of 13 factors set forth in DRL.§236 Part B(5‐A)(h)(1).
See Page 2 for a list of these factors.
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13 Factors for Court to Consider for Temporary Maintenance Where Income Exceeds $203,000
or In Connection With Adjustment of Award (See DRL 236(B)[5-a](h))1))
(1) the age and health of the parties;
(2) the present or future earning capacity of the parties, including a history of limited participation in the workforce;
(3) the need of one party to incur education or training expenses;
(4) the termination of a child support award during the pendency of the temporary maintenance award when the calculation of temporary maintenance was
based upon child support being awarded and which resulted in a maintenance award lower than it would have been had child support not been awarded;
(5) the wasteful dissipation of martial property, including transfers or emcumbrances made in contemplation of a matrimonial action without
fair consideration;
(6) the existence and duration of pre‐marital joint household or a pre‐divorce separate household;
(7) acts by one party against another that have inhibited or continue to inhibit a party's earning capacity or ability to obtain meaningful employment.
Such acts include but are not limited to acts of domestic violence as provided in section four hundred fifty‐nine‐a of the social services law;
(8) the availability and cost of medical insurance for the parties;
(9) the care of children or stepchildren, disabled adult children or stepchildren, elderly parents or in‐laws provided during the marriage
that inhibits a party's earning capacity;
(10) the tax consequences to each party;
(11) the standard of living of the parties established during the marriage;
(12) the reduced or lost earning capacity of the payee as a result of having forgone or delayed education, training, employment or career opportunities
during the marriage; and
(13) any other factor which the court shall expressly find to be just and proper.
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