Family law / India

Child Maintenance Calculator India

Estimate a practical child maintenance planning range from child expenses, parent incomes, residence and direct payments.

Use approximate monthly take-home income

You do not need the exact number to explore an estimate. Calculations stay in your browser.

Step 1

About the parents

Your role

Who does the child primarily live with?

Your monthly take-home income ₹ Other parent's monthly take-home income ₹

Number of children covered

Other dependent children

Step 2

Let us estimate your child monthly needs

Age

years

Education

Estimated child expenses

Step 3

Who already pays what?

School fees currently paid directly by Medical/insurance paid directly by Your additional direct payments ₹Other parent’s additional direct payments ₹

Exceptional recurring needs

Step 4

Your Child Maintenance Planning Estimate

Combined parental income

Estimated reasonable child expenses

Income share

You:

Other parent:

Your benchmark:

Other parent benchmark:

Estimated cash contribution

Planning midpoint:

Lower estimate

Midpoint

Upper estimate

This adjusts the expense-sharing benchmark for where the child lives and direct payments already made, so school fees or medical costs are not double-counted.

Your estimate is not a court prediction

India does not have one universal statutory formula that automatically determines child maintenance. This tool uses an expense-first planning model, then creates an illustrative range.

Education costs

Higher genuine schooling expenses can change the child needs estimate.

Medical or special needs

Recurring healthcare or special-care costs can materially affect expenses.

Parents actual financial resources

Income, assets, liabilities and overall financial circumstances can matter.

Living arrangements

The parent caring for the child may already bear substantial day-to-day costs.

Other dependants and obligations

Relevant financial responsibilities can affect each parent capacity.

Existing standard of living

Maintenance is highly fact-specific and can vary with circumstances.

Questions

Child maintenance calculator FAQs

Is child maintenance available without divorce?

Yes. A child’s need can be raised without a divorce petition. Parental duty does not depend on a decree.

Can a father pay no maintenance to a child in India?

Complete refusal is exceptional. Courts more often decide quantum, interim support, and who already pays school or housing costs.

Does Hindu law have a separate child maintenance rule?

Hindu personal law and secular maintenance provisions can both be relevant. The correct forum depends on the facts.