—In a support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Dounias, J.), entered April 15, 2002, which denied her objections to an order of the same court (Livrieri, H.E.), dated December 14, 2001, which, after a hearing, increased the father’s child support obligation from the sum of $147 per week to the sum of only $194.98 per week.
Ordered that the order entered April 15, 2002, is reversed, on the law, with costs, the objections are sustained, the order dated December 14, 2001, is vacated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings in accordance herewith.
A hearing court is not bound to apply the statutory percentage as established in Family Court Act § 413 (1) (c) (3) but may determine the child support obligation through the application of the percentage set forth in Family Court Act § 413 (1) (c) (3), the factors as delineated in Family Court Act § 413 (1) (f), or a combination of both (see Matter of Cassano v Cassano, 85 NY2d 649 [1995]; Matter of Schmitt v Berwitz, 228 AD2d 604 [1996]). Further, “the hearing court must articulate its reason or reasons for [its actions], which should reflect a careful consideration of the stated basis for its exercise of discretion, the parties’ circumstances, and its reasoning why there [should or] should not be a departure from the prescribed percentage” (Wagner v Dunetz, 299 AD2d 347, 350-351 [2002] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Matter of Cassano v Cassano, supra; Matter of Schmitt v Berwitz, supra). Here, the reasons articulated for deviating from the statutory percentage were insufficient to support the amount of child support established by the hearing court, and were not sustained by a review of the record. A more substantial increase in the amount of child support, in accordance with the CSSA, was warranted. Accordingly, the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings in accordance herewith. Smith, J.P., McGinity, Townes and Cozier, JJ., concur.