Worked examples
A calculator gives you a number. These pages show the whole chain — which figure comes from which rule, in what order, and why one input moves the answer more than another.
Illustrative worked example. The household is hypothetical; every figure is computed by the same verified engines and rule packs the calculators use.
Two children in Texas, and why the other parent's income never appears
A hypothetical Texas household with two children and one earner before the court. The guideline reads a percentage off a statutory schedule, applies it to net resources, and stops at a ceiling published outside the code — three details that decide the whole figure.
Child Support · updated 2026-08-02
California, one child, and what forty per cent of the overnights is worth
A hypothetical California household run twice through Family Code section 4055: once with a substantially shared schedule and once with alternate weekends. Everything else is held constant, so the difference between the two figures is the timeshare term and nothing else.
Child Support · updated 2026-08-02
A shared-fault injury claim in Texas, method by method
A hypothetical Texas injury claim with documented bills and lost wages, valued by the multiplier method and then reduced by the claimant's share of fault under the state's proportionate-responsibility statute. The same claim is computed with no fault attributed, so the reduction is visible.
Settlement · updated 2026-08-02