Two related questions, both driven by the same income picture: spousal maintenance (support between the parties) and child support. JusticeX computes each from New York's statutory guideline using the incomes and assumptions below — every figure is shown and adjustable. You and your counsel decide what's right for your family.
Where the parties stand
Dana — Party A
Asks that the full reported income be used and that maintenance run toward the upper end of the advisory range while the children are young.
Samuel — Party B
Asks to exclude the one-time bonus from income and to set duration at the lower end. Accepts the CSSA child-support guideline as calculated.
The income picture
Dana Whitfield Party A
Recipient · custodial parent (primary residence)
Samuel Whitfield Party B
Payor · higher earner
Income basis contested
Samuel asserts ~$18,000 of last year's figure was a one-time bonus that shouldn't be annualized; Dana asks that it stay in. Both positions are recorded below — the guideline recomputes live if the agreed income changes.
Child-support payor
Spousal maintenance — the guideline Open · income & duration
$1,208 / month
$14,500 per year · guideline is the lower of the two statutory formulas (with child support payable)
New York sets a presumptive maintenance amount by formula. Because the payor also pays child support, the law uses the lower-percentage formulas above; income above the statutory cap ($228,000) is discretionary — decided case by case, not assumed here. The result is a guideline, not a fixed order.
Assumptions — review & adjust with your mediator/attorney
Inputs behind these numbers
Defaults reflect New York's 2024 figures. Change any value and both guidelines recompute.
Number of children
Maintenance income cap
Child-support combined cap
FICA deduction (%)
How they connect: maintenance is computed first, then subtracted from the payor's income and added to the recipient's before child support is calculated — so the two are consistent, never double-counted.
Child support — CSSA guideline Guideline accepted
$2,148 / month
$25,779 per year, payable by the higher earner to the custodial parent · before pro-rata add-ons
Payor income, after maintenance & FICA$134,369
Recipient income, after maintenance & FICA$78,036
Combined parental income (CSSA)$212,405
2 children → 25% of combined, capped at $163,000$40,750
Payor's pro-rata share (63.3%)$25,779
Combined income exceeds the cap — the amount above $163,000 is discretionary (not assumed here).
NY DRL §240(1-b) (CSSA)
On top of the basic amount, the parties also split statutory add-ons — childcare, health insurance, unreimbursed medical, and (by agreement) education — in the same 63.3% / 36.7% proportion. Those are itemized once actual costs are entered.
Resolution approach for missed or late payments
What the parties agree to do if maintenance or child support isn't paid in full or on time — designed to fix it without returning to court and to reduce the risk of future legal action. Captured here, facilitated and agreed with your mediator or attorney.
1 Written notice + a 10-day cure period2 Return to the mediator within 14 days3 Enforcement / court — last resort only
Drafted for review and sign-off by the mediator and each party's attorney — not legal advice from JusticeX.
Reports available
Summary Report
The headline result for this step
Detailed Report
Full inputs → logic → legal references → outputs
JusticeX shows the objective guideline and the math behind it; it does not recommend an outcome or force a payor. You and your counsel decide. A page can be finalized once every topic on it is resolved; agreed items flow into the Memorandum of Understanding at the Memorandum of Understanding stage.
1 topic still open — resolve all to finalize this page
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