Figure 4.5: Percentage of Cases Containing Information Required by Section 13 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines

A substantial proportion of cases had information on both the name[15] and the date of birth of each child to whom the order relates (91.5 percent and 89.4 percent, respectively). Over three-quarters of the cases had information on the income of any spouse whose income is used to determine the child support amount (79.7 percent) as well as the dates on which payments are due (77.2 percent). A total of 56.1 percent of cases had the amount of child support as determined from the appropriate table included in the order.