Child Support If You Make $500 a Week in Missouri
Missouri runs child support on a new Form No. 14 schedule that took effect January 1, 2026, and this page applies it at the zero-overnight baseline.
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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 Missouri 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 | $443.00 | $643.00 | $758.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $397.80 | $574.60 | $676.00 |
| $4,000 a month | $326.76 | $469.76 | $549.16 |
| $6,000 a month | $271.41 | $386.82 | $448.90 |
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 2026 Form No. 14 at a low income
Missouri replaced its child support form on January 1, 2026. The new Form No. 14 uses a combined adjusted-monthly-income schedule with 581 rows running through $30,000, and it builds in overnight-based adjustments that range from 6 percent at 36 nights up to 34 percent at 181 to 183 nights.
This page family fixes the baseline at zero overnights for the paying parent, so none of the overnight adjustments apply, and the table below is the straight schedule result at that baseline.
Reading the straight schedule at zero overnights
Every row below uses the same $500-a-week payer income and the fixed zero-overnight baseline. The other parent income moves the result, so the four rows differ, but the overnight adjustment column is held at its starting value.
Because the baseline is sole custody with no add-ons, these are the cleanest possible Form No. 14 figures for this income.
What this estimate includes
- The 2026 Form No. 14 schedule lookup for every combination shown
- The zero-overnight baseline with no overnight adjustment applied
- Results for 1, 2, or 3 children across four other-parent incomes
What it leaves out
- The overnight-based adjustments from 6 percent to 34 percent
- Extraordinary add-ons, which this baseline does not include
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
Worth knowing
The January 1, 2026 effective date matters because older Missouri materials describe the prior form. Any estimate needs to use the replacement Form No. 14, which is what this page runs.
The zero-overnight baseline means a reader with shared custody should not read these numbers as their own. The overnight adjustments are a real part of the 2026 form and would change the result.
Frequently asked questions
What changed in Missouri on January 1, 2026?
Missouri adopted a replacement Form No. 14 with a new 581-row combined adjusted-monthly-income schedule through $30,000 and overnight-based adjustments built into the calculation.
What is the fixed baseline on this page?
Zero overnights for the paying parent, which is sole custody, and no extraordinary add-ons. The overnight adjustments are designed for 36 nights and up, so they do not apply at this baseline.
Does the other parent income change the result at $500 a week?
Yes. For one child the obligation falls from $443 to $271.41 as the other parent income rises from none to $6,000 a month, with the two and three-child columns moving similarly.
How do the overnight adjustments work?
The 2026 schedule applies an adjustment based on overnight count, starting at 6 percent around 36 nights and rising to 34 percent at 181 to 183 nights. None of that applies at the zero-overnight baseline.
Is $500 a week near the bottom of the schedule?
The schedule covers adjusted monthly income through $30,000, and $2,166.67 a month is in the lower part of that range but fully covered.
Where can I see the new form applied?
The full Missouri child support calculator on this site runs Form No. 14, and the 2026 form and schedule are linked in the sources for this page.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Missouri child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Missouri 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 Missouri 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.