Ohio Child Support Software

Two Hundred Plus

You're in good company when you purchase our Revised Ohio Child Support Guidelines (WROCSG) program. Our customer scrolls can now boast more than 200 County Courts, and government and non-profit agencies using WROCSG—included are Domestic Relations Courts, Juvenile Courts, Probate Courts, Child Support Enforcement Agencies, Department of Human Services, Department of Job & Family Services, Prosecutor's Offices, Appellate Courts, Law Libraries and Universities throughout Ohio.

Cash Medical Support

It's not news anymore, but the most recent significant change in the statutory guidelines can be summed up in three words - cash medical support. The new worksheets were a response to the fact that an increasing number of Ohio families can't afford to maintain heath insurance on their children. As a result, the worksheets refer to the U.S. Department of Heath & Human Services Poverty Guidelines to establish a limit on the amount that can be assessed as "cash medical support."

Along the way, reference is also made to the USDA's Expenditures on Children by Families. This study contains estimates of health-related expenditures that a family incurs. These estimates were late homogenized by the Ohio Department of Job & Family services into a table that permits the preparer to calculate a "cash medical support obligation." As directed by the worksheets, WROCSG takes the lesser of the cash medical support maximum and the USDA estimate and fixed this amount as the cash medical support obligation. Again, it's all built into WROCSG.

Program Highlights

Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines. The H.H.S. Poverty Guidelines are used to compute a cash medical support maximum. That amount serves as a ceiling limiting the cash medical support. Of course, you won’t need to look anything up, all the required information is built-in WROCSG6 and applied in the calculation automatically.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Health Expenditures. Whereas the H.H.S. Poverty Guidelines set a maximum for cash medical support, the U.S.D.A. statistics on estimated health care expenditures by U.S. families are used to calculate the actual amount of cash medical support. Once again, you won’t be called on to look anything up, the ODJ&FS information is built-in and applied automatically.

“Raw Data.” WROCSG6 doesn’t just calculate cash medical support, the real H.H.S. and U.S.D.A./ODJF&S tables are instantly accessible for a better understanding of their use in the calculation and verification of the values.

Check Worksheet. This new function performs hundreds of tests to make absolutely certain your worksheet is properly prepared and ready for submission. Just click on the Check Worksheet button and all the results appear in a separate window.

No Error Messages. Annoying error messages have been replaced by the more user-friendly Check Worksheet function described above. Familiar users will love this change.

Shared Parenting. The shared parenting deviation section has been restyled and updated based on the most recent Ohio case law. WROCSG6 has an extensive help topic on this subject that practitioners will find to be a vital resource in dealing with this issue. WROCSG6 has the ability to comply with all the local variations in the application of deviations.

Worksheet Status Bar. This new component shows the amount of the current order (with and without health insurance coverage) at all times; no matter where you’re at in the program or whatever page of the worksheets – the amount of the order is always on-screen; in addition, the color of the Worksheet Status Bar keeps you constantly aware of the error status of the worksheet.

Child Care Credit. This version of WROCSG6 has an enhanced ability to identify situations where the child care credit is limited by a party’s tax liability. At your option, WROCSG6 performs federal and state income tax calculations that do not require inordinate amounts of data entry in order to get an answer. The federal and state income tax calculations are built in.

Vista Compatible Help Files. WROCSG6’s in-depth articles cover a complete range of topics from potential legal issues to program use. We’ve highlighted and provided legal resources for all facets of the worksheet calculation. On a related subject, we’ve presented new materials that will make your Vista experience problem free.

Support Scheduler/Arrearage Calculator

One underrated and often overlooked extra feature of WROCSG is the Support Scheduler/Arrearage Calculator. Its purpose is to track support due dates and payment dates so as to provide a full and detailed rendering of the child support account from beginning to end. Calculating arrearages is a snap because utility functions allow you to enter the terms of a support order and any number of modifications so that literally hundreds of transactions can be entered in just a single step. For example, if an obligor was ordered to make $400 payments monthly starting August 15, 1998, you could simply enter the date and amount using the Support Order utility and the program would instantly provide you with a complete account that details each and every payment, together with a running balance. Let's further suppose that the obligor started making payments in the beginning but stopped making payments after July 2002. We've included another utility called the Payment Series that will allow you to enter the starting and ending dates of the obligor's consecutive payments in order to itemize and calculate a running balance on a payment-by-payment basis.

Interested in Interest?

WROCSG calculates interest on arrearages automatically. Furthermore, the entire child support account can be printed so that each payment due date, each payment, and each item of accrued interest is clearly set forth in a straightforward, easy-to-understand arrangement. We've definitely elevated the calculation of arrearages and interest to new levels of sophistication.

WROCSG6 Snapshots

Opening Screen

Sole Residential/Shared Parenting Worksheet

Split Parenting Worksheet

Feature/Benefits

WROCSG has been around so long and is used by so many Courts, Agencies, and family law practitioners that it's easy to forget about all the other functions that have been around since 1994. Here's a short list:

With WROCSG you'll be using the exact same program used by your local Domestic Relations Court.
You'll always be up-to-date on the latest law and programming changes because WROCSG has the ability to download upgrades from the Internet anytime, from anywhere.
The familiar look and feel of WROCSG will have you working like a pro the first time you run the program—no learning curve, no training classes.
One mouse click lets you switch among the three statutory table lookup methods.
WROCSG automatically handles the calculation of minimum support orders for combined incomes in excess of $150,000.
Choose between the statutory worksheet printout or the compact, but detailed, abbreviated worksheet.
Easily perform program modifications like annually changing federal income tax dependency exemption on line 8 of the worksheet—without paying annual subscription or update fees.
Extensive help information and relevant statutory cites are available at the click of a button.
WROCSG runs in all 64- and 32-bit Windows operating systems (i.e., Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, and Windows 98SE).
Accomodates percentage rate or flat fee processing charges (poundage).
No menus and dialog boxes for data entry; make your entries right on the form.
Income Annualizer calculates annual income from a party's latest pay stub; just push a button, enter the date and year-to-date income—WROCSG does the rest. This function now includes a pay frequency parameter that allows for more precise annual estimates.
A Local Tax Calculator automatically calculates municipal income taxes from a party's gross income, or lets you enter the appropriate income and tax rates.
A Shared Parenting Prorator prorates the obligor's annual child support obligation based on the time of possession with adjustments for jurisdictions that apply the Copas v. Copas dicta.
Pop-up menus for starting new files, loading files from disk, saving files to disk, printing worksheets and calculating arrearages.
A tool bar with speed buttons provides one click execution of common operations.
Dynamic hint balloons appear when the mouse cursor rests in an area of the worksheet, providing instant help about what to enter or what you can do.
Abbreviated worksheets let you enter all your information without scrolling through an entire worksheet, and gives you access to all the features of the full-length form by double-clicking on hot spots.
The Artificial Intelligence feature performs detailed error checking and gives extended error messages to warn you when minimum support orders are appropriate, when child care expenses exceed the federal child care credit maximums, or when you make a mistake (i.e., entering only one child in a split custody worksheet), and a lot more.
Delete File Command lets you do disk drive housekeeping without exiting the program.
A versatile Support Scheduler that performs up to two modifications of the original order with printing capabilities.
Performs the Line 8—minor child adjustment less federal tax exemption—automatically.
Performs the 5.6% self-employment adjustment or lets you enter your own marginal amount.
Automates the annual child care adjustment by calculating and deducting the mandatory tax credit. Allows for inclusion or exclusion of the Ohio credit and allows the preparer to adjust for the low income limitation.
User-permissible changes in the federal tax exemption for Line 8 don't require a software upgrade.

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