Child Support If You Make $500 a Week in Arkansas
$500 a week is above the income where Arkansas switches to a flat minimum order, so the table below runs the ordinary chart lookup rather than the minimum.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $500 a week
The paying parent earns $500 a week ($2,166.67 a month) in every cell below. The other parent's monthly income changes across rows, and the number of children changes across columns; both genuinely change the result.Every figure is computed with the real Arkansas guideline engine, the same one behind the full calculator, not a lookup table built for this page.
| Other parent's income | 1 child | 2 children | 3 children |
|---|---|---|---|
| No reported income | $345.00 | $506.00 | $612.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $328.00 | $481.00 | $581.00 |
| $4,000 a month | $289.00 | $417.00 | $500.00 |
| $6,000 a month | $260.00 | $372.00 | $445.00 |
Every dollar figure is a monthly amount, the presumptive guideline result before add-ons like child care or health insurance and before any court deviation. "Not available" means the engine behind this site declined to compute that specific combination rather than guess; the reason is shown next to it.
How close $500 a week comes to the Arkansas minimum
Arkansas Administrative Order No. 10 has a low-income presumptive minimum built into the chart. When the paying parent income falls below the self-support threshold the engine uses, the obligation becomes a flat minimum amount instead of the chart lookup. That provision protects a parent who earns very little from a chart result that would leave them unable to support themselves.
$500 a week works out to $2,166.67 a month gross, which clears the threshold, so the low-income minimum does not apply here and the table below runs the standard Family Support Chart math. Every cell uses the real chart lookup on combined gross income, then assigns the paying parent their proportional share of the chart amount.
How to read the table below
Every row uses the same $500-a-week gross pay for the paying parent. The other parent income changes across rows and the number of children changes across columns, and both matter because Arkansas looks up a chart amount for combined income before splitting it by each parent share.
The "no reported income" row produces a real number here rather than a refusal, because the chart starts well below the combined income this page reaches even with the other parent at zero.
What this estimate includes
- The Administrative Order No. 10 Family Support Chart lookup for 1, 2, or 3 children
- The proportional share of the chart amount assigned to the paying parent
- A check of the payer income against the low-income minimum threshold
What it leaves out
- The low-income minimum calculation itself, since this income does not trigger it
- Child care, health insurance, and other add-on expenses
- A discretionary shared-custody adjustment, which the order does not prescribe automatically
Worth knowing
The low-income minimum is tied to a self-support threshold, so it protects a parent whose own income is very low from a chart obligation they could not meet. It is a separate branch from the ordinary chart lookup, not a discount applied on top of it.
The chart rows are monthly guideline gross income amounts. This page feeds the weekly income converted to its monthly equivalent, and the engine rounds the paying parent share down per the order.
Frequently asked questions
Does $500 a week trigger the Arkansas low-income minimum?
No. The low-income presumptive minimum applies when the paying parent income falls below the self-support threshold. $500 a week is $2,166.67 a month gross, which clears that line, so the standard chart lookup applies in every cell below.
What is the Arkansas low-income minimum for comparison?
Administrative Order No. 10 provides a flat minimum order for a paying parent whose income falls below the self-support threshold, instead of running the chart. A parent in that range would see the minimum rather than a schedule-derived figure.
Why does the number change with the other parent income?
Arkansas looks up a chart amount on the combined gross income of both parents, then assigns each parent a share of that amount in proportion to income. A higher other-parent income raises the combined chart amount but also shifts more of it onto that parent.
Why does the "no reported income" row still compute?
The chart begins at a low combined income, and $2,166.67 a month on its own is inside the published range. The engine has no reason to refuse that combination, so it returns a real chart figure.
Is $500 a week considered low income for Arkansas child support purposes?
It is on the lower end of the range this page family covers, but it is not below the self-support threshold that triggers the flat minimum. The ordinary chart applies at this income.
Does the chart amount get split evenly between the parents?
No. The chart produces a combined obligation for both parents, and the paying parent owes only their proportional share of that amount, based on their share of the combined income.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Arkansas child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Arkansas child support calculator. Nothing on this page is a separate estimate or a reimplementation of the math. See the sources below for the statutes and official worksheets behind the Arkansas guideline.
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Changelog: page first published as part of the child support by income series. Material changes are dated in the update log.