Child support in Port St. Lucie: how it is calculated
Child support in Port St. Lucie is set by Florida's statewide guidelines — St. Lucie County courts apply the same table as every other county. Here is the calculation, with the statute it comes from.
Where a Port St. Lucie case goes
A Port St. Lucie case is filed in the Florida court for St. Lucie County, which applies the state guideline below. Local practice affects timing and paperwork, not the guideline amount. Port St. Lucie has about 258,575 residents (Census Bureau, 2024 estimate).
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Formula
Schedule by combined net income ($800–$10,000/mo), payer owes income share
Type
Income-shares model
Does Port St. Lucie have its own rule?
No. Fla. Stat. § 61.30 applies across Florida, so a case from Port St. Lucie 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
Fla. Stat. § 61.30 — Florida child support guidelines (income shares schedule). Florida uses combined monthly NET income (after taxes, health insurance, mandatory dues and other § 61.30(3) deductions). The schedule runs from $800 to $10,000 of combined net income in $50 steps; above $10,000 the statute adds a percentage of the excess (5% for one child up to 12.5% for six). Child-care costs and the child's health insurance are added on top and split by income share, and overnights above 20% of the year trigger the gross-up adjustment in § 61.30(11)(b).
Last checked 2026-09-08. Read the source →
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