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==Split parenting time and shared parenting time==
The fundamental purpose of child support is to help pay for the expenses incurred by the parent or guardian who has the children most of the time, on the assumption that the person who has the children most of the time will bear a greater share of the direct and indirect <span class="noglossary">costs</span> associated with the children and their upkeep. Where parents have ''split parenting time'', when each parent has the primary residence of one or more of the children, or ''shared parenting time'', when the parents share the children's time equally or near-equally, these <span class="noglossary">costs</span> are presumed to be shared by both parentsmore evenly. As a result, the Guidelines make an exception to the normal rules for calculating child support.
===Split parenting time===