Child Support

The law says that the court must consider the reasonable costs of child care paid by either or both parties and fairly (equitably) divide the costs between them.¹ However, there isn’t a specific formula in the law for how child care costs would be divided.

The judge must include the following in any child support order that is issued or modified, to the extent each category is relevant to your case:

• the amount of child care costs that the other parent will pay to you; and
• written findings about:
  • the child care costs proposed by either or both parents;
  • the cost of any reasonable alternatives to child care proposed by either or both parents;
  • the ability of each parent to pay for child care;
  • whether either parent has chosen to be unemployed or only partially employed to care for the child;
  • whether child care will allow a parent to get training or education related to a job, career, or profession; and
  • any other relevant factors.²

¹ Nev. Admin. Code § 425.130(1)
² Nev. Admin. Code § 425.130(2)