Child Support If You Make $500 a Week in Kentucky
Kentucky has a statutory minimum order that applies when no shared-parenting credit band matches, and this page explains it even though $500 a week clears the low-income line and runs the standard schedule.
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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 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 | $352.00 | $516.00 | $624.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $336.44 | $494.00 | $596.96 |
| $4,000 a month | $296.54 | $427.60 | $512.62 |
| $6,000 a month | $266.37 | $380.18 | $454.47 |
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 minimum order, explained at the low end
Kentucky runs on the KRS 403.212 schedule for combined adjusted gross income. The law also sets a statutory minimum order that applies when no shared-parenting credit band matches the case, keeping the result from falling below a floor. That provision is separate from the schedule lookup and from the payer-only low-income table.
At $500 a week the payer brings $2,166.67 a month, which is above the low-income threshold, so the payer-only table does not apply and the ordinary schedule drives every cell below. The minimum order also does not bind, because the schedule results at this income sit well above the floor. The table is a clean run of the standard proportional share.
Reading a table on the standard schedule
Every row uses the same $500-a-week payer income. Because the payer clears the low-income threshold and the schedule results exceed the minimum order, every cell is the ordinary proportional share of the combined schedule amount. The other-parent income and the child count both move the result, which is the standard income-shares behavior.
What this estimate includes
- The KRS 403.212 schedule lookup for 1, 2, or 3 children
- The proportional share of the schedule amount assigned to the paying parent
- A clear statement that the minimum order does not bind at this income
What it leaves out
- The statutory minimum order, which would apply only if the result fell to the floor
- The shared-parenting credit bands, which need court-ordered parenting days
- Add-ons such as child care and health insurance
Worth knowing
The minimum order and the payer-only table are separate mechanisms in KRS 403.212. This page sits above both, so it is a clean demonstration of the standard schedule.
The shared-parenting credit bands under KRS 403.2122 are the other distinctive Kentucky feature, and they are covered on the page in this series that discusses parenting-time mechanics.
Frequently asked questions
Does the Kentucky minimum order apply at $500 a week?
No. The minimum order is a floor that applies when no shared-parenting credit band matches, but the schedule results at this income sit well above the floor, so the ordinary proportional share controls in every cell.
What is the Kentucky statutory minimum order?
It is a floor set by statute that applies when no shared-parenting credit band matches the case. It keeps the obligation from falling below a minimum amount, but it only matters when the schedule result would be lower than that floor.
Does the payer-only low-income table apply here?
No. The payer-only table applies when the payer income falls at or below the self-support threshold, and $2,166.67 a month is above that line for the child counts shown.
Is the shared-parenting credit in this table?
No. The shared-parenting credit bands require court-ordered or approved parenting days, which this page family does not supply. Without a band, the base schedule result applies.
How does the payer share work in Kentucky?
Kentucky reads the schedule for the combined adjusted gross income and child count, then assigns each parent a share in proportion to income. That proportional share is what every cell in this table reports.
Is $500 a week considered low income under Kentucky law?
It is on the lower end of this page family, but it clears the self-support threshold for these child counts, so the ordinary combined schedule applies rather than the payer-only table.
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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