PETITIONER/PLAINTIFF:

RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT:

CASE NUMBER:

FL-342(A)

NON-GUIDELINE CHILD SUPPORT FINDINGS ATTACHMENT

Attachment to

Child Support Information and Order Attachment (form FL-342)

Judgment (Family Law) (form FL-180)

Other (specify):

The court makes the following findings required by Family Code sections 4056, 4057, and 4065:

1.  STIPULATION TO NON-GUIDELINE ORDER

The child support agreed to by the parties is
The amount of support that would have been ordered under the guideline formula is: $
The parties have been fully informed of their rights concerning child support. Neither party is acting out of duress or coercion. 
Neither party is receiving public assistance and no application for public assistance is pending. The needs of the children 
will be adequately met by this agreed-upon amount of child support. If the order is below the guideline, no change of 
circumstances will be required to modify this order. If the order is above the guideline, a change of circumstances will be 
required to modify this order.

the statewide child support guidelines.          

per month. 

below   or

above 

OTHER REBUTTAL FACTORS

2.

Support calculation   
a.    The guideline amount of child support calculated is: $

per month payable by

petitioner/plaintiff

respondent/defendant

b.   The court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that rebuttal factors exist.  The rebuttal factors result in an 

increase

decrease 

in child support. The revised amount of support is: $

per month.

c.    The court finds the child support amount revised by these factors to be in the best interest of the child and that application 

of  the formula would be unjust or inappropriate in this case.
These changes remain in effect

until (date):
until further order

d.    The factors are:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The sale of the family residence is deferred under Family Code section 3800, and the rental value of the 
family residence in which the children reside exceeds the mortgage payments, homeowners insurance, and 
property taxes by: $

per month. (Fam. Code, § 4057(b)(2).)

The parent paying support has extraordinarily high income, and the amount determined under the guideline 
would exceed the needs of the child. (Fam. Code, § 4057(b)(3).)

The
children at a level commensurate with that party’s custodial time. (Fam. Code, § 4057(b)(4).)

respondent/defendant

petitioner/plaintiff

is not contributing to the needs of the 

Special circumstances exist in this case. The special circumstances are:
(i)

The parents have different timesharing arrangements for different children. 
(Fam. Code, § 4057(b)(5) (A).)
The parents have substantially equal custody of the children and one parent has a much lower or  
higher percentage of income used for housing than the other parent. 
(Fam. Code, § 4057(b)(5)(B).)
The child has special medical or other needs that require support greater than the formula amount.
These needs are (Fam. Code, § 4057(b)(5)(C)) (specify):

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

Other (Fam. Code, § 4057(b)(5)) (specify):

Form Adopted for Mandatory Use   
Judicial Council of California       

FL-342(A) [Rev. January 1, 2008]

NON-GUIDELINE CHILD SUPPORT FINDINGS ATTACHMENT

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