Child Support & Financial Orders
Connecticut child support: Guidelines calculations, deviations, modifications, and enforcement.
Connecticut child support: Guidelines calculations, deviations, modifications, and enforcement. Attorney Tara J. Galbo has more than 25 years representing Connecticut clients in child support & financial orders matters from the firm's Milford office at 88 High Street.
Connecticut uses statewide Child Support Guidelines that combine both parents' net incomes to determine a presumptive support amount. Deviations are permitted in defined circumstances.
The firm assists with initial orders, modifications, enforcement, and the financial orders that accompany custody and divorce matters.
What this practice handles
- Guideline calculations
- Deviations and special circumstances
- Modifications upon material change
- Enforcement and contempt
- Health insurance and unreimbursed expenses
- College education support orders
Child Support & Financial Orders in Connecticut, step by step
Compute Guidelines
Each parent's net weekly income, the number of children, and other Guidelines inputs produce a presumptive support amount.
Authority: Regulations of CT State Agencies § 46b-215a
Assess deviation criteria
Courts may deviate from the Guidelines for enumerated reasons, shared parenting, extraordinary expenses, high combined income, and others.
Enter the order
Support is ordered by the court and typically paid through immediate wage withholding via the State Disbursement Unit.
Modify when warranted
A modification generally requires a substantial change in circumstances or at least a 15% deviation from the current order under the Guidelines.
Cost and timeline, honestly
Guidelines worksheet and an uncontested order.
Income disputes, deviation requests, or contempt.
Variable, owner-comp, or imputed-income cases.
- Variability or self-reporting of income
- Need for a Guidelines deviation
- Whether enforcement or contempt is involved
- Unreimbursed medical, child-care, or education add-ons
Estimates only, every matter is priced after a paid consultation.
Where these matters are typically heard
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Attorney-reviewed by Tara J. Galbo, Galbo Family Law, LLC · Last reviewed June 2026. This page is general legal information about Connecticut family law and is not legal advice for any specific situation.