Child Support If You Make $500 a Week in Kansas
Kansas prices each child by age band, and this page assumes every child is in the 12-18 band, which is the first thing to know before reading the table.
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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 Kansas 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 | $514.00 | $800.00 | $837.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $438.00 | $685.00 | $837.00 |
| $4,000 a month | $398.00 | $610.00 | $774.00 |
| $6,000 a month | $372.00 | $562.00 | $715.00 |
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.
The age-band assumption comes first
Kansas requires every child in a case to be counted in one of three age bands: 0-5, 6-11, and 12-18. Each band has its own dollar weight in the July 1, 2025 guidelines, and there is no default, so a calculation must place every child somewhere before it can run.
This page family fixes the assumption by putting every child in the oldest band, 12-18, which carries the highest weight. It is a deliberate, disclosed choice, and it means the numbers on this page are an upper bound relative to a case with the same child count spread across younger bands.
Reading the table with the oldest-band assumption
Every cell below is computed with all children in the 12-18 band. That means the 1, 2, and 3-child columns reflect the highest per-child weight Kansas assigns, and a case with younger children would come out lower for the same income.
The other parent income moves the result, and the number of children moves it further, with three children producing the largest figures in the table.
What this estimate includes
- The three-band Kansas structure with every child in the 12-18 band
- The July 1, 2025 Appendix II schedule lookup
- Results for 1, 2, or 3 children across four other-parent incomes
What it leaves out
- Younger age bands, which carry lower weights and are not used here
- Discretionary parenting-time adjustments
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
Worth knowing
The three-band requirement is unusual. Most states use a single per-child weight, but Kansas forces an age split with no default, which is why the fixed assumption is disclosed so prominently.
Because the oldest band carries the highest weight, this page is a conservative upper bound. A reader with children under 12 should expect a lower figure for the same income.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Kansas need an age band for every child?
The Kansas schedule prices children differently by age, with separate dollar weights for the 0-5, 6-11, and 12-18 bands. A calculation must place each child in a band before it can look up an amount.
What age band does this page use?
Every child on this page is placed in the 12-18 band, the oldest and highest-weighted band. The assumption is fixed and disclosed on all five Kansas income pages in this series.
Would younger children change the number?
Yes. A child in the 6-11 band carries a lower weight than one in the 12-18 band, and a child in the 0-5 band carries the lowest. For the same income, a case with younger children would produce a lower obligation than this page shows.
Does the other parent income matter at $500 a week?
Yes. For one child the obligation falls from $514 to $372 as the other parent income rises from none to $6,000 a month, a pattern that holds across the child-count columns.
How far does the Kansas schedule go?
The Appendix II schedule runs through $18,000 a month in combined income. This page sits well inside that range, so no cell reaches the top of the schedule.
Where can I check the age-band math officially?
The full Kansas child support calculator on this site accepts children by age band, and the Kansas guidelines linked in the sources publish the Appendix II schedule.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Kansas child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Kansas 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 Kansas 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.