Quick answer: Nebraska uses an income-shares schedule in the Child Support Guidelines, Neb. Ct. R. §§ 4-201 to 4-222. Worksheet 1 starts with each parent’s total monthly income from all sources and subtracts taxes, Social Security, retirement contributions, support for other children and the parent’s own health insurance to reach monthly net income. The combined net income is matched to Table 1, which gives the support for one to six children from $500 to $20,000 a month; each parent owes the share of that amount equal to his or her percent of the combined net income. The children’s health insurance premium is added to the total, with credit to the parent who pays it, and net child care is added and allocated by the same shares. For joint physical custody with each parent over 142 days, Worksheet 3 is presumed to apply: the table amount is multiplied by 1.5, each parent’s share is multiplied by the other parent’s share of the days, and the larger obligation pays the difference. A parent cannot be reduced below a basic subsistence limitation of $1,330 of net income a month, and minimum support is $50 or 10% of net income.
How the Nebraska worksheets work
- Net income. Lines 1 to 3 of Worksheet 1.
- Table 1 and shares. Lines 4 to 7 and 10 to 12. See how Worksheet 1 works.
- Joint custody. Worksheet 3. See joint physical custody and Worksheet 3.
- Limits and add-ons. Subsistence, minimum support, child care and health insurance. See minimum support, child care and health insurance.
What this calculator checks
The calculator uses the January 2025 Table 1, the rules as amended through January 28, 2026 and Worksheets 1 and 3, reproduces the rules’ own examples ($712 for three children at $2,000, and $2,282 for one child at $20,000), and was checked against an independent re-implementation. You enter the taxes; the federal credit for child care, split custody (Worksheet 2), deviations and parenting-time reductions are not included.
Child support across Nebraska
The guidelines apply in every Nebraska district court, from Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, Grand Island, Kearney or Fremont, as a rebuttable presumption. A court that varies from them must state the guideline amount and justify the variance.
Frequently asked questions
How is child support calculated in Nebraska?
Each parent's monthly net income is combined, Table 1 gives the support for the number of children, and each parent owes his or her percent share, with credits and additions for health insurance and child care.
What is the highest income in the Nebraska child support table?
$20,000 of combined monthly net income; support for the excess may be more but not less than the amount at $20,000.
When does Nebraska use Worksheet 3?
For joint physical custody, it is presumed when each parent has the children more than 142 days a year, and discretionary at 109 to 142 days.
What is the minimum child support in Nebraska?
$50 a month or 10% of the obligor's net income, whichever is greater, in very low income cases.
What is the Nebraska basic subsistence limitation?
$1,330 of net income a month for one person in the 2026 amendment: support, child care and health care cannot reduce a parent's net income below it, except for minimum support.