Child Support If You Make $1,500 a Week in Kentucky
Kentucky doesn't just look up one schedule figure. It computes up to three candidate amounts and uses whichever is lowest, and at this income only one of the three is ever in play.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $1500 a week
The paying parent earns $1500 a week ($6,500.00 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 | $865.00 | $1,243.00 | $1,489.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $776.94 | $1,104.24 | $1,320.65 |
| $4,000 a month | $699.52 | $972.52 | $1,169.38 |
| $6,000 a month | $666.64 | $924.56 | $1,106.56 |
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.
Three candidate amounts, lowest wins
KRS 403.212 support in Kentucky is not a single schedule lookup. The engine behind this site computes an ordinary schedule amount from the combined monthly-income table, a separate low-income amount that only applies when the paying parent's own income falls under a statutory threshold, and a shared-parenting-credit amount that only applies when a real overnight count matches one of the statute's credit bands. Whichever of those is lowest is the actual result.
At $1,500 a week ($6,500 a month), the paying parent's income sits above the low-income threshold, so that alternative does not apply here. This page also assumes no court-ordered overnights, so the shared-parenting credit band never activates either. That leaves the ordinary schedule amount as the only candidate in play at this income and arrangement, which is what the table below shows.
How to read the table below
Every row uses the same $1,500-a-week gross pay for the paying parent, run through the ordinary KRS 403.212 schedule since neither the low-income nor the shared-parenting alternative applies at this income and baseline.
What this estimate includes
- The KRS 403.212 combined monthly-income schedule for 1, 2, or 3 children
- A check of the low-income alternative, which does not apply above the statutory threshold
- A disclosed no-overnight baseline, which keeps the shared-parenting credit out of play
What it leaves out
- The shared-parenting credit bands, not reached at this page's 0-overnight baseline
- The low-income alternative amount, since this income sits above that threshold
- Add-ons such as child care and health insurance
Worth knowing
The three-candidate structure is a real feature of how this project's Kentucky engine is built, matching the statute's own layered design, not a simplification this page adds.
Every income level in this series for Kentucky uses the same no-overnight baseline, so the shared-parenting credit never appears in this series; only the full calculator, with a real overnight count entered, can show it.
Frequently asked questions
Does Kentucky just look up one number on a schedule?
Not exactly. The engine behind this site computes an ordinary schedule amount, a low-income alternative, and a shared-parenting-credit amount where each applies, then uses whichever is lowest. At $1,500 a week only the ordinary amount is in play.
Why does the low-income alternative not apply here?
The low-income alternative only activates when the paying parent's own income falls under a statutory threshold. At $6,500 a month gross, this income sits above that threshold, so the ordinary schedule amount is used instead.
Why does the shared-parenting credit not apply here?
This page's baseline assumes the paying parent holds no court-ordered overnights. Kentucky's shared-parenting credit only activates when a real overnight count matches one of the statute's credit bands, which requires an actual shared schedule this baseline does not have.
What would change if I had real shared parenting time?
Entering your actual overnight count on the full calculator could activate the shared-parenting credit band matching your days, which lowers the result below the ordinary schedule amount shown on this page whenever that credit applies.
Why does the number change with the other parent income?
The ordinary KRS 403.212 amount is a schedule lookup on the combined monthly income of both parents and the number of children, then split proportionally by each parent share of that combined income.
How is the $6,500 monthly figure derived?
$1,500 a week times 52 weeks divided by 12 months equals $6,500 a month. This page feeds that monthly gross figure to the Kentucky engine, which runs the schedule.
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.