Calculating Parenting Time Percentage for Child Support
Calculating parenting time percentage can be a pain. Fortunately, it is not difficult to find on the Internet various tables that do the calculation for you. Most people use the same table and we have a list we customized and like to use.
We did not put on the list some of the more odd schedules but instead focused on the ones more common. You can also mix-and-match the parenting time and borrow different percentages from different rows to add up the total percentage.
In the list below, a "weekend" is from Friday at 5 PM to Sunday at 5 PM. Where you see the words "extended weekend" it refers to Friday at approximately 2 PM to 3 PM until drop off at school on Monday morning.
If you feel like doing the math yourself, realize California parenting time percentage is best calculated by using hours.
For example, there are 24 hours in a day, 160 in a week, 730.5 hours in a month, and 8766 hours in a year.
By now you probably guessed overnight parenting time is very important and includes significant hours. Some people ask what about time the children are in school? The short answer is, "it depends." Whether that time in school is calculated for the benefit of the parent who dropped off the child at school or the parent who picks up the child after school is sometimes a source of disagreement between lawyers and judges.
We rounded all of these numbers either up or down, to the nearest whole number so, for example, 13.15% = 13% and 18.90% = 19%. Thus, what we write below is not perfect math but, then again, if you are looking for perfect math, you may be way overthinking this.
Parenting Time Percentage Guide
| Parenting Time Schedule | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Two weeks during the summer | 4% |
| One weekend per month | 7% |
| One evening per week | 7% |
| One extended weekend per month | 10% |
| Two weekends per month | 13% |
| One weekend per month + one evening per week | 14% |
| One overnight per week | 14% |
| Alternate weekends | 14% |
| First + third + alternate fifth weekends | 14% |
| First + third + fifth weekends | 15% |
| Alternate weekends + two weeks during summer | 18% |
| Alternate weekends + half the holidays + two weeks during summer | 19% |
| One extended weekend + one overnight per week | 19% |
| Two extended weekends per month | 20% |
| Alternate weekends + half the holidays + four summer weeks | 21% |
| Alternate weekends + one evening per week | 21% |
| First + third + alternate extended weekends | 21% |
| Alternate extended weekends | 21% |
| Alternate weekends + half the holidays + half the summer | 22% |
| Alternate weekends + half the holidays + one month during summer | 23% |
| First + third + fifth extended weekends | 23% |
| Alternate weekends + half the holidays + one evening/week + four summer weeks | 28% |
| Alternate extended weekends + one evening per week | 28% |
| Alternate weekends + one evening/week when school in session + half the school vacation | 28% |
| Alternate weekends + one overnight per week | 28% |
| Alternate weekends + one overnight per week + half the holidays + one month during summer | 29% |
| Alternate weekends + one evening per week + entire summer | 30% |
| Alternate extended weekends + one overnight per week | 36% |
| Alternate weekends + one overnight per week + entire summer | 39% |