Child Support If You Make $1,000 a Week in Kentucky
Kentucky credits parenting time through a banded table, and this page explains that mechanism even though its no-order baseline does not exercise it in the numbers below.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $1000 a week
The paying parent earns $1000 a week ($4,333.33 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 Kentucky 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 | $660.00 | $969.00 | $1,171.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $582.26 | $838.84 | $1,005.11 |
| $4,000 a month | $524.16 | $747.24 | $893.36 |
| $6,000 a month | $467.58 | $649.58 | $782.94 |
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 shared-parenting credit bands
Kentucky has a shared-parenting-time credit under KRS 403.2122, separate from the base schedule. The credit works through a table of overnight-count bands: each band maps a range of court-ordered parenting days to a credit percentage, and the credit is subtracted from the paying parent share of the base obligation.
The scenario tables on this page family run on a no-order baseline, meaning no court-ordered parenting days are supplied, so no credit band matches and the base schedule result applies in every cell below. That is the honest engine behavior, and it is why the band mechanism is described here rather than reflected in the numbers.
Reading the base numbers with the bands in mind
Every row below is the base KRS 403.212 result with no parenting-time credit. The credit bands would only change these figures if court-ordered or approved parenting days were supplied, which this page does not do. This keeps the two steps separate and honest: the table shows the base result, and the full calculator applies a credit when a real schedule exists.
What this estimate includes
- The KRS 403.212 schedule lookup for 1, 2, or 3 children
- The proportional share of the obligation assigned to the paying parent
- A clear statement that the shared-parenting credit is not exercised here
What it leaves out
- The shared-parenting credit bands themselves, which need court-ordered days
- The statutory minimum order, which applies when no band matches
- Add-ons such as child care and health insurance
Worth knowing
The banded credit structure is Kentucky own distinctive mechanic, different from states that use a single shared-custody multiplier or a time-share formula.
This page describes the credit without applying it, which is the honest treatment for a scenario table that does not supply parenting days.
Frequently asked questions
What are the Kentucky shared-parenting credit bands?
They are a table of overnight-count ranges, each mapping to a credit percentage under KRS 403.2122. The credit is subtracted from the paying parent share of the base obligation when the parenting days fall in a band.
Why is the credit not in the table below?
The credit requires court-ordered or approved parenting days, which this page family does not supply. With no days entered, no band matches and the base schedule result applies.
Would the numbers change with a real parenting schedule?
Yes. With court-ordered days supplied, the credit for the matching band would reduce the paying parent obligation. The full Kentucky calculator runs that step; this page does not claim to include it.
How do the bands work?
Each band covers a range of overnight counts and carries a credit percentage. The higher the parenting time, the higher the band credit, up to the top band.
What happens when no band matches?
When the parenting days fall outside every band, no shared-parenting credit applies, and the statutory minimum order governs instead. On this page the base schedule result applies.
Is the base schedule still the starting point?
Yes. The KRS 403.212 schedule sets the base obligation for the combined income and child count; the credit is a separate step applied on top of that base.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Kentucky child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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.