Child support in Cincinnati: how it is calculated
Child support in Cincinnati is set by Ohio's statewide guidelines — Hamilton County courts apply the same table as every other county. Here is the calculation, with the statute it comes from.
Where a Cincinnati case goes
A Cincinnati case is filed in the Ohio court for Hamilton County, which applies the state guideline below. Local practice affects timing and paperwork, not the guideline amount. Cincinnati has about 314,915 residents (Census Bureau, 2024 estimate).
Open the full Ohio child support calculator → — same formula, with every input, the statute (Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.021 and § 3119.04; JFS 07767 Basic Child Support Schedule (Rev. 6/2023)) and the date it was last checked.
Formula
Schedule by combined adjusted gross income ($700–$28,000/mo), payer owes income share; minimum $80/mo
Type
Income-shares model
Does Cincinnati have its own rule?
No. Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.021 and § 3119.04; JFS 07767 Basic Child Support Schedule (Rev. 6/2023) applies across Ohio, so a case from Cincinnati is decided by the same numbers as one filed anywhere else in the state. What changes locally is the courthouse, the clerk's procedure and how long the docket takes — not the amount.
What the statute says
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.021 and § 3119.04; JFS 07767 Basic Child Support Schedule (Rev. 6/2023) — Ohio basic child support schedule (income shares, combined annual income converted to monthly). Ohio's schedule (JFS 07767, Rev. 6/2023, promulgated under Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.021 and OAC 5101:12-1-17) is built on the parents' combined ANNUAL adjusted gross income and runs from $8,400 to $336,000 in $600 steps; every row here was divided by 12 and rounded to whole dollars so the calculator works in monthly figures ($700 to $28,000 in $50 steps). The bottom rows embed a self-sufficiency reserve, so the first row is $960 a year ($80 a month) for any number of children, matching the $80 minimum order in § 3119.06. When income falls between two rows the JFS 07766 manual lets the court use the higher row, the lower row or a proportional amount; this tool interpolates. Above $336,000 a year, § 3119.04 requires a case-by-case award that is normally no less than the top-row amount, so no percentage is applied here. Health insurance, child-care costs and the 10% parenting-time adjustment (90+ overnights) are applied on the worksheet after the schedule amount.
Last checked 2026-09-11; figures pending final verification against the current statute or schedule. Read the source →
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