Upon The Petition Of Deangelo Delonn Seay

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we must determine the proper method of calculating child support in a case where the district court awards joint physical care, but where the district court order provides that one party has actual physical care for more days a year than the other. We hold that under our rules, child support in all joint physical care cases should be decided using the offset method provided in Iowa Court Rule 9.14.

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

DeAngelo Seay and Andrea Thomas were never married, but had three children. Seay filed a petition to determine custody arrangement,…