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Kentucky Child Support Calculator 2026

Apply KRS 403.212 and 403.2122 with the current official table.

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Kentucky guideline inputs

The statutory shared-parenting credit starts at 88 days.

Estimated monthly child support: $891.25

The paying parent pays this amount to the receiving parent each month.

How this estimate was computed
Line itemAmount
Statutory base support obligationKRS 403.212 — child support guidelines and statutory table (Kentucky General Assembly)$1,426.00
Proportional income shareKRS 403.212 — child support guidelines and statutory table (Kentucky General Assembly)$891.25

Assumptions

  • Both entries are monthly adjusted parental gross income after permitted prior-support and maintenance deductions.
  • The official estimator confirms nearest-$100 lookup with exact midpoints rounded upward.
  • Childcare, health-insurance premiums, split custody, public-benefit restrictions, and deviations are excluded.
  • No shared-parenting credit applies.
  • Income is within the statutory table.
  • The published child column applies.

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Kentucky guidelines, effective 2025-07-01.

Kentucky combines income shares with parenting-day credits

The statutory table supplies obligations through $30,000 of combined monthly adjusted parental gross income.

A qualifying low-income obligor receives a payer-only comparison, while court-ordered or approved shared parenting earns a 15% to 50% credit from 88 days.

Current table
Effective July 1, 2025source
Schedule ceiling
$30,000 monthlysource
Shared threshold
88 qualifying dayssource

Worked example: two children

  1. Round combined income to the nearest statutory $100 row.
  2. Read the two-child base obligation.
  3. Multiply by the payer income share and compare any low-income or parenting-day result.

The steps above follow the calculation method described on our methodology page.

Enter adjusted parental gross income

Subtract only qualifying prior maintenance and prior-child support before entry.

What this estimate includes

  • Complete 301-row table
  • Self-support lesser-of calculation
  • All eight parenting-day bands

What it leaves out

  • Childcare and health-insurance additions
  • Split custody
  • Public-benefit restrictions and deviations

Kentucky child support calculator FAQs

What income does Kentucky use?

Monthly adjusted parental gross income under KRS 403.212.

When does shared-parenting credit begin?

At 88 qualifying court-ordered or consented-and-exercised days.

How large is the credit?

It rises through eight bands from 15% to 50%.

What is the ordinary minimum?

Sixty dollars, except the shared-parenting provision can produce a lower result.

What happens over $30,000?

The court uses discretion above the table.

What about six or more children?

Use the six-or-more column.

Official sources

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