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Ohio child support: the annual schedule, the 90-overnight reduction, and a worked example

Ohio works in yearly numbers. The basic schedule lists annual obligations in $600 steps of combined income, from $8,400 to $336,000, and every case runs through an ODJFS worksheet that compares two figures and keeps the smaller one. A parent with a court order for 90 or more overnights gets 10% off automatically.

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At a glance

ModelIncome shares on combined adjusted annual gross income (Ohio Rev. Code 3119.021)
ScheduleJFS 07767 (Rev. 6/2023), annual amounts from $8,400 to $336,000 of combined income
Parenting time10% reduction with a court order for 90+ overnights a year; further deviation considered above 90
Minimum order$80 a month ($960 a year) for all children, lower only in limited circumstances
Cash medical$510.21 per child per year, split by income share
Support endsAge 18, or later while the child attends an accredited high school full time
ModificationA recalculated amount more than 10% above or below the current order

Ohio's worksheet in plain terms

Gross income in Ohio is broad: wages, overtime and bonuses, self-employment income after ordinary expenses, rents, dividends, pensions, unemployment and workers' compensation, non-means-tested Social Security and veterans' benefits, and spousal support received. Means-tested benefits such as SNAP or SSI are not counted, and a new spouse's income never is. From gross income the worksheet subtracts an allowance for other minor children the parent must support, health insurance premiums actually paid, and spousal support paid.

Each parent then gets two numbers. Line 18a reads the schedule on that parent's own income alone; Line 18c is the parent's income share of the schedule amount for the combined income. Line 18d keeps whichever is lower, never below $960 a year. That lower-of-two step is how the self-sufficiency reserve, set at 116% of the federal poverty level for one person, protects low earners: their own-income figure on the schedule is already reduced.

ODJFS must update the schedule and the reserve every four years for inflation and the poverty level. Between two $600 rows, the court or agency may use the higher row, the lower row, or a proportional figure in between.

Worked example: Ohio

  1. Parent A has $72,000 a year in adjusted gross income ($6,000 a month) and Parent B $48,000 ($4,000 a month): $120,000 combined.
  2. The JFS 07767 schedule lists $21,736 a year for two children at $120,000, which is $1,811 a month. Parent A's income share is 60%, so Line 18c is about $13,042 a year.
  3. Line 18a, Parent A's own $72,000 read alone, would be $16,526 for two children. The smaller figure wins, so the income-share amount stands.
  4. With the children living mainly with Parent B and no parenting-time order of 90 nights, Parent A pays $1,087 a month, about $13,044 a year, plus a cash medical share of 60% of $1,020.42 a year.

This is an estimate, not legal advice. Figures are rounded to the dollar and leave out the insurance, childcare, and other adjustments your case may have. Try your own numbers in CoreParent's calculator, then confirm with the state's official calculator.

The 90-overnight reduction and shared parenting

Ohio's parenting-time credit is a flat 10% of the parent's annual obligation, triggered by a court-ordered schedule of at least 90 overnights a year, not by a count of nights actually spent. If Parent A has an order for 100 overnights, the payment drops to about $978 a month. The obligee can ask the court to take the credit away if the obligor skips the ordered time without just cause.

Above 90 overnights the court must also consider a further deviation for extended time, and at 147 or more it has to explain in writing if it declines. Ohio has no automatic equal-time formula: in a shared parenting order the worksheet amount is presumed correct unless the court finds it unjust, weighing each home's housing and the expenses each parent covers. If Parent A remained the obligor at a 50/50 schedule, the worksheet would still produce about $978 a month before any deviation.

Child care caps and cash medical

Work or job-training child care is shared by income, but only up to a statewide cap per child: $16,116 a year for infants, $14,254 for toddlers, $12,801 for ages 3 to 5 and $8,780 for ages 6 to 12, after removing subsidies and the federal and state child care tax credits whether or not claimed.

Every order also carries cash medical support of $510.21 per child per year toward copays, deductibles and other ordinary uninsured costs. Uninsured costs beyond that in a year are extraordinary medical expenses handled by separate order. Private insurance is considered reasonable in cost when it does not exceed 5% of the parent's annual gross income.

Very low and very high incomes

Below $8,400 combined, or whenever the worksheet falls under it, the minimum order is $80 a month for all children. A court may go lower, or to zero, for reasons such as a documented disability or institutionalization. Above $336,000 combined, support is set case by case from the children's needs and standard of living, and normally not below the amount at the top of the schedule.

Other children and Social Security benefits

A parent with other minor children they are legally required to support, even outside the home, receives an income credit for each one on Line 9. Non-means-tested benefits a child receives because of a parent, such as Social Security dependent benefits, come off that parent's obligation, and if the benefit is larger the parent owes nothing.

When support ends

Support continues past 18 only while the child keeps attending an accredited high school full time, when the parents agreed to it in a separation agreement incorporated in a divorce decree, or for a child with a disability who cannot self-support.

The 10% modification test

When either parent asks for a review, the court recalculates the order on the current schedule and worksheet. If the new figure is more than 10% higher or lower than the existing order, that difference by itself counts as a substantial change. Inadequate health insurance for the child is also a substantial change.

County agencies

Each county has a child support enforcement agency (CSEA) that sets administrative orders and collects payments, under the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Office of Child Support. A CSEA cannot grant deviations; only a court can.

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Ohio child support FAQ

How much is child support for 2 kids in Ohio?

At $120,000 of combined annual income the schedule lists $21,736 a year, $1,811 a month. A parent earning 60% of that pays about $1,087 a month before child care and cash medical.

Does 90 overnights lower child support in Ohio?

Yes. A court-ordered schedule of 90 or more overnights a year reduces that parent's annual obligation by 10%, and the court must consider a further deviation.

What is the minimum child support in Ohio?

$80 a month for all the children on the order. A court can order less, or nothing, in limited situations such as a verified disability.

When can Ohio child support be modified?

When a recalculation on the current schedule differs from the existing order by more than 10%, or after another substantial change that was not contemplated when the order was made.

Does Ohio child support end at 18?

It continues after 18 while the child attends an accredited high school full time, or longer by agreement or for a disabled child.

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This is general educational information, not legal advice, and official figures change. Last verified: October 2026. Consult a licensed family-law attorney in Ohio.