Missouri Form 14--Presumed Child Support Amount

2009 Version - Missouri Civil Procedure Form 14: Calculation of Presumed Child Support Amount

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In 1989, the Missouri Supreme Court issued guidelines for establishing a "presumed child support amount" in dissolution cases and other proceedings in which child support is awarded. These guidelines, contained in Missouri Supreme Court Rule 88, require the use of "Civil Procedure Form No. 14" for the calculation of the presumed amount of child support in all such cases. Under the authority of Section 452.340.8, R.S.Mo., the amount of support resulting from the Rule 88 guidelines "is the correct amount of child support to be awarded" unless a court specifically finds that application of the guidelines would be "unjust or inappropriate in a particular case."

Form 14 is subject to periodic review and revision by the Missouri Supreme Court. The most recent version of Form 14 was adopted by the Court on October 8, 2008, effective January 1, 2009. Under the October 8th order, significant new changes were made to Form 14. In addition, the 2009 version of Form 14 was amended by order of the Missouri Supreme Court on August 14, 2009, effective August 28, 2009.

This office has developed an electronic spreadsheet for use in performing the calculations mandated by Rule 88 and Form 14, which is available to family law practitioners and judges throughout Missouri, as well as to interested individuals. From this page you may:

Purchase: Order a copy of the 2009 edition of Form 14 in spreadsheet form, for use with MS Excel 2003, MS Excel 2007, or Corel Quattro Pro
Login: If you have already purchased the spreadsheet, login here to download your copy. (Ver. 4.02 - 9/1/09)

2005 Version of Missouri Form 14

The 2005 version of the Form 14 spreadsheet is still available for download below. Please Note: The 2005 Version of Form 14 is obsolete after December 31, 2008 and may not be used in any Missouri proceeding after that date. These files are being made available for demonstration purposes only:

Download the 2005 version of the spreadsheet in Quattro Pro 9.0 format: form14v3.qpw (159 KB) Rel. 3.08 (9/28/05)
Download the 2005 version in Microsoft Excel 2003 format: form14v3.xls (237 KB) Rel. 3.09 (9/28/08)
Download the 2005 version in Microsoft Excel 2007 format: form14v3.xlsx (116 KB) Rel. 3.09 (9/28/08)

PLEASE NOTE: Should your browser attempt to display these files on your screen (rather than calling up your spreadsheet program to display them), then your browser is not configured to recognize the MIME types for these files. In that event, you can right-click on the link for the file of your choice and save it to your harddrive for later use with your preferred spreadsheet program.

You should read the Directions, Comments for Use and Examples for Completion of Form No. 14 carefully before performing the calculations.

This document was last revised: September 1, 2009.