Child Support If You Make $750 a Week in Montana
Montana allocates parenting days once a parent crosses 110, and this page fixes zero payer days, which is the baseline to understand before reading the table.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $750 a week
The paying parent earns $750 a week ($3,250.00 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 Montana 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 | $659.00 | $1,002.00 | $1,293.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $592.00 | $900.00 | $1,161.00 |
| $4,000 a month | $392.00 | $594.00 | $765.00 |
| $6,000 a month | $390.00 | $498.00 | $642.00 |
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.
Zero days, and the allocation that would change it
Montana Melson calculation runs under ARM 37.62, and it includes a parenting-day allocation that applies once a parent has more than 110 days with the children. Below that threshold, the allocation does not come into play, and the obligation is the straight Melson result.
This page family fixes the paying parent at zero days, the sole-custody baseline. That keeps the table below on the unallocated Melson path, and it is disclosed because a parent with more than 110 days would see a different result under the allocation.
Reading the unallocated Melson result
Every cell below is computed at zero payer days, so the parenting-day allocation is not applied. The numbers are the Melson result for the sole-custody baseline, and they respond to the other parent income across the rows.
A parent with more than 110 days would enter the allocation zone, which is a different calculation. The full Montana calculator handles that case.
What this estimate includes
- The Melson result at the zero-days baseline
- A clear statement that the 110-day allocation is not exercised
- Results for 1, 2, or 3 children across four other-parent incomes
What it leaves out
- The parenting-day allocation above 110 days
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
- Any shared-custody worksheet, since the baseline is zero days
Worth knowing
The 110-day threshold is the line where Montana changes how it treats a parent care. Below it, the Melson result runs unallocated, which is what this page shows.
Because the baseline is zero days, a shared-time parent should not treat these figures as their own estimate. The allocation is a real part of the Montana guidelines.
Frequently asked questions
What is the zero-days baseline?
It means the paying parent has no parenting days in the calculation, the sole-custody case. Montana allocation only begins to matter once a parent crosses 110 days.
How does the parenting-day allocation work?
Above 110 days with a parent, the Montana guidelines allocate support differently to reflect the care that parent provides. That allocation does not apply at the zero-day baseline.
Does the other parent income change the result at $750 a week?
Yes. For one child the obligation falls from $659 to $390 as the other parent income rises from none to $6,000 a month, with the two and three-child columns moving similarly.
Why is this page still a Melson calculation?
Montana uses Melson throughout. The zero-day baseline only affects the parenting-day allocation step, not the overall formula structure.
What would happen with 110 days or more?
The allocation would apply, and the obligation could differ from the zero-day figures shown here. A parent in that range should use the full calculator.
Where can I run a case with parenting days?
The full Montana child support calculator on this site accepts days, and the ARM 37.62 guidelines linked in the sources describe the allocation.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Montana child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Montana 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 Montana 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.