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North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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Hello all-I posted this question and have not received an answer. It relates to calculating CS. Our divorce papers state that we have Joint Custody with me having primary physical custody. I have the child 235 nights while the other parent has the child 130 nights. My confusion is in which form to use to calculate CS. A or B? The info. that I have read states that if the child is with both parents more than 122 over nights than it’s form B. I just want to be sure I am calculating this correctly to be fair to both parents.

Question 2 is that the calculator form on Rosen asks for overnights, where as other forms for NC do not. What is the difference? Thanks for any help that can be provided!

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You would use Worksheet B - Joint/Shared Custody.

Worksheet A is used when the primary custodial parent has the child for 243 nights or more during the year. Worksheet B is used when each parent has the child at least 123 nights during the year.

For Worksheet B, you must enter a number of overnights for each child with each parent, and those overnights must total 365 overnights per child. Worksheets A and C (split custody) do not require you to enter the number of overnights.