Help! CS Calculation wrong

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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The guidelines determine what the percentage of the support obligation is, if one of you is paying an extra such as insurance it could affect the percentage.

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Ok here is my situation. I am representing myself, the ex has an attorney. We went to court and the judge gave us the opportunity to resolve CS modification ourself. We agreed on all the line items that went into the calculation, came up with a child support amount, we both signed and the judge signed. However, when i got home I noticed that the percentage used to calculate my ex’s amount was wrong. We were supposed to be calculated at 66% for the ex and 34% for me but his attorney running the calculator calculated the ex 60% and me 40%. At this point the judge is supposed to be typing the order for us and will send it to us to sign. Can I contest what we did in court if the exs attorney made a mathematical error in the calculation? BTW, I caught it the same day we had court (we were out of court at 11:00 am and I called the exs attorney at 4:00 to let him know he made an error in calculation. Any advice here would be greatly appreciated.