The Idaho child support guidelines consider the gross income of the parents to determine the child support amount.

• The parents’ gross income will include the basic salary, overtime allowances, perquisites, commissions, unemployment allowances, pensions, etc.
• The court will compute the amount that the parents would have spent on the children as a household and then apportion such amount between the parents based on their income proportions to the combined income.
• In some instances, the courts may order dental insurance, medical expenses, conveyance expenses, etc., of the child over and above the basic custody amount.

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