Rock v. Cabral

R.C. 3113.215 governs the procedures a trial court must follow in calculating and awarding child support. The calculation of support must be made in accordance with the basic child support schedule set forth in R.C. 3113.215(D), and the applicable sample or “model” worksheet in R.C. 3113.215(E) or (F). R.C. 3113.215(B)(1). The amount calculated through line 18 of the applicable child support computation worksheet is “rebuttably presumed” to be the correct amount of child support due. Id. Court-ordered deviations from the schedule and worksheet are not permitted absent full and strict…