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09-21-2004, 08:54 PM
The Child Support table did not copy to well, but it gives you an idea. Add your and your wife's gross monthly income together. Check the proper column for your combined incomes and the number of children you have to determine the overall child support obligation. Take your combined incomes and compute that percent of the combined income that the non-custodial parent's income has to the combined income. Then take that percent figure of the overall child support obligation. That tells you what your non-custodial child support amount will be each month. THIS IS NOT ALL. There are adjustments to be made based upon your particular circumstances and things like health insurance premiums, child support obligations for a previous child, etc. You must talk with an attorney to decide all these things to get an exact amount. Remember, you are free to deviate from these guidelines by agreement of both parties made with knowledge of what the guidelines would award. Good Luck.
403.212. Child support guidelines — Terms to be applied in
calculations — Table.
(1) The following provisions and child support table shall be the child
support guidelines established for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(2) For the purposes of the child support guidelines:
(a) "Income" means actual gross income of the parent if employed to
full capacity or potential income if unemployed or underemployed.
(b) "Gross income" includes income from any source, except as
excluded in this subsection, and includes but is not limited to income
from salaries, wages, retirement and pension funds, commissions,
bonuses, dividends, severance pay, pensions, interest, trust income,
annuities, capital gains, Social Security benefits, workers' compensation
benefits, unemployment insurance benefits, disability insurance
benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), gifts, prizes, and alimony
or maintenance received. Specifically excluded are benefits received from
means-tested public assistance programs, including but not limited to
public assistance as defined under Title IV-A of the Federal Social
Security Act, and food stamps.
(c) For income from self-employment, rent, royalties, proprietorship
of a business, or joint ownership of a partnership or closely held
corporation, "gross income means gross receipts minus ordinary and
necessary expenses required for self-employment or business operation.
Straight-line depreciation, using Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
guidelines, shall be the only allowable method of calculating
depreciation expense in determining gross income. Specifically excluded
from ordinary and necessary expenses for purposes of this guideline shall
be investment tax credits or any other business expenses inappropriate
for determining gross income for purposes of calculating child support.
Income and expenses from self-employment or operation of a business shall
be carefully reviewed to determine an appropriate level of gross income
available to the parent to satisfy a child support obligation. In most
cases, this amount will differ from a determination of business income
for tax purposes. Expense reimbursement or in-kind payments received by a
parent in the course of employment, selfemployment, or operation of a
business or personal use of business property or payments of expenses by
a business, shall be counted as income if they are significant and reduce
personal living expenses such as a company or business car, free housing,
reimbursed meals, or club dues.
(d) If a parent is voluntarily unemployed or underemployed, child
support shall be calculated based on a determination of potential
income, except that a determination of potential income shall not be made
for a parent who is physical y or mentally incapacitated or is caring for
a very young child, age three (3) or younger, for whom the parents owe a
joint legal responsibility. Potential income shall be determined based
upon employment potential and probable earnings level based on the
obligor's or obligee's recent work history, occupational qualifications,
and prevailing job opportunities and earnings levels in the community. A
court may find a parent to be voluntarily unemployed or underemployed
without finding that the parent intended to avoid or reduce the child
support obligation.
(e) "Imputed child support obligation" means the amount of child
support the parent would be required to pay from application of the
child support guidelines.
(f) Income statements of the parents shall be verified by
documentation of both current and past income. Suitable documentation
shall include, but shall not be limited to, income tax returns,
paystubs, employer statements, or receipts and expenses if self-employed.
(g) "Combined monthly adjusted parental gross income" means the
combined monthly gross incomes of both parents, less any of the following
payments made by the parent:
1. The amount of pre-existing orders for current maintenance for
prior spouses to the extent payment is actually made and the amount of
current maintenance, if any, ordered paid in the proceeding before the
court;
2. The amount of pre-existing orders of current child support for
prior-born children to the extent payment is actually made under those
orders; and
3. A deduction for the support to the extent payment is made if a
parent is legally responsible for and is actually providing support for
other prior-born children who are not the subject of a particular
proceeding. If the prior-born children reside with that parent, an
"imputed child support obligation" shall be allowed in the amount which
would result from application of the guidelines for the support of the
prior-born children,
(h) "Split custody arrangement" means a situation where each parent
is the residential custodian for one (1) or more children for whom
the parents share a joint legal responsibility.
(3) The child support obligation set forth in the child support
guidelines table shall be divided between the parents in proportion to
their combined monthly adjusted parental gross income.
(4) The child support obligation shall be the appropriate amount for the
number of children in the table for whom the parents share a joint legal
responsibility. The minimum amount of child support shall be sixty
dollars ($60) per month.
(5) The court may use its judicial discretion in determining child
support in circumstances where combined adjusted parental gross income
exceeds the uppermost levels of the guideline table.
(6) The child support obligation in a split custody arrangement shall be
calculated in the following manner:
(a) Two (2) separate child support obligation worksheets shall be
prepared, one (1) for each household, using the number of children
born of the relationship in each separate household, rather than
the total number of children born of the relationship.
(b) The nonresidential custodian with the greater monthly obligation
amount shall pay the difference between the obligation amounts, as
determined by the worksheets, to the other parent.
(7) The child support guidelines table is as follows:
COMBINED
MONTHLY
ADJUSTED
PARENTAL
GROSS SIX
INCOME ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE OR
CHILD CHILDREN MORE
$ 0 $60 $60 $60 $60 $60 $60
100 60 60 60 60 60 60
200 70 70 70 70 70 70
300 80 80 80 80 80 80
400 90 90 90 90 90 90
500 100 105 110 115 120 125
600 120 125 130 135 140 145
700 140 156 161 166 171 176
800 160 203 208 213 218 223
900 180 261 266 271 276 281
1,000 195 303 325 330 335 340
1,100 212 324 384 389 394 399
1,200 229 346 433 446 451 456
1,300 246 367 460 504 510 515
1,400 262 392 491 554 576 582
1,500 277 417 522 588 642 650
1,600 293 437 548 618 674 717
1,700 308 458 574 647 706 755
1,800 322 478 599 675 736 788
1,900 336 495 620 699 763 816
2,000 350 512 642 723 789 844
2,100 364 529 663 747 815 872
2,200 376 546 684 771 841 900
2,300 389 563 706 795 868 928
2,400 401 580 727 819 894 956
2,500 413 597 749 843 920 984
2,600 424 614 770 867 946 1,012
2,700 435 630 790 889 970 1,038
2,800 445 646 809 911 994 1,064
2,900 455 662 829 934 1,019 1,090
3,000 465 677 849 956 1,043 1,116
3,100 475 693 868 978 1,067 1,142
3,200 485 709 888 1,001 1,092 1,168
3,300 495 725 908 1,023 1,116 1,194
3,400 506 741 928 1,045 1,140 1,220
3,500 516 757 947 1,067 1,164 1,246
3,600 526 773 967 1,090 1,189 1,272
3,700 536 790 988 1,113 1,215 1,299
3,800 548 808 1,011 1,139 1,243 1,329
3,900 559 826 1,033 1,164 1,270 1,359
4,000 571 844 1,056 1,190 1,298 1,388
4,100 580 862 1,078 1,215 1,326 1,418
4,200 592 880 1,101 1,240 1,353 1,448
4,300 603 898 1,123 1,266 1,381 1,477
4,400 615 916 1,146 1,291 1,409 1,507
4,500 626 933 1,161 1,316 1,435 1,535
4,600 636 949 1,181 1,338 1,459 1,561
4,700 647 964 1,200 1,360 1,483 1,586
4,800 657 980 1,220 1,381 1,507 1,612
4,900 667 995 1,239 1,403 1,531 1,637
5,000 676 1,010 1,257 1,424 1,554 1,661
5,100 686 1,025 1,275 1,444 1,576 1,685
5,200 695 1,039 1,294 1,465 1,599 1,709
5,300 705 1,054 1,312 1,486 1,621 1,733
5,400 714 1,069 1,330 1,506 1,644 1,757
5,500 724 1,083 1,348 1,527 1,666 1,781
5,600 733 1,098 1,367 1,548 1,689 1,805
5,700 743 1,113 1,385 1,568 1,712 1,829
5,800 753 1,127 1,403 1,589 1,734 1,853
5,900 762 1,142 1,421 1,610 1,757 1,877
6,000 772 1,157 1,440 1,630 1,779 1,901
6,100 781 1,171 1,458 1,651 1,802 1,926
6,200 791 1,186 1,476 1,672 1,824 1,950
6,300 800 1,198 1,498 1,690 1,844 1,970
6,400 808 1,209 1,511 1,705 1,860 1,988
6,500 816 1,219 1,524 1,720 1,876 2,005
6,600 823 1,230 1,538 1,735 1,893 2,023
6,700 830 1,240 1,551 1,750 1,909 2,040
6,800 837 1,251 1,564 1,764 1,925 2,058
6,900 844 1,261 1,577 1,779 1,942 2,075
7,000 851 1,272 1,591 1,794 1,958 2,093
7,100 858 1,282 1,604 1,809 1,975 2,110
7,200 865 1,293 1,617 1,824 1,991 2,127
7,300 872 1,303 1,630 1,839 2,007 2,145
7,400 879 1,313 1,644 1,854 2,024 2,162
7,500 885 1,324 1,657 1,869 2,040 2,179
7,600 891 1,333 1,668 1,881 2,053 2,194
7,700 896 1,342 1,679 1,893 2,066 2,208
7,800 901 1,350 1,691 1,905 2,079 2,223
7,900 907 1,359 1,702 1,917 2,093 2,238
8,000 912 1,368 1,713 1,929 2,106 2,252
8,100 917 1,377 1,724 1,941 2,119 2,267
8,200 922 1,386 1,736 1,953 2,133 2,281
8,300 928 1,395 1,747 1,965 2,146 2,296
8,400 933 1,404 1,758 1,977 2,159 2,311
8,500 938 1,413 1,769 1,989 2,173 2,325
8,600 944 1,421 1,780 2,002 2,186 2,340
8,700 949 1,430 1,792 2,014 2,199 2,354
8,800 954 1,437 1,800 2,024 2,210 2,366
8,900 958 1,444 1,809 2,033 2,220 2,376
9,000 962 1,450 1,817 2,042 2,230 2,387
9,100 966 1,457 1,825 2,052 2,241 2,398
9,200 971 1,463 1,833 2,061 2,251 2,408
9,300 975 1,470 1,842 2,070 2,261 2,419
9,400 979 1,476 1,850 2,079 2,271 2,430
9,500 983 1,483 1,858 2,089 2,281 2,440
9,600 988 1,489 1,866 2,098 2,291 2,451
9,700 992 1,496 1,874 2,107 2,301 2,461
9,800 996 1,502 1,883 2,117 2,311 2,472
9,900 1,000 1,508 1,891 2,126 2,321 2,483
10,000 1,005 1,515 1,899 2,165 2,331 2,493
10,400 1,022 1,541 1,932 2,202 2,372 2,536
10,500 1,027 1,548 1,940 2,212 2,382 2,546
10,600 1,032 1,554 1,948 2,221 2,392 2,557
10,700 1,036 1,561 1,956 2,230 2,402 2,567
10,800 1,040 1,567 1,965 2,240 2,412 2,578
10,900 1,044 1,573 1,973 2,249 2,422 2,589
11,000 1,049 1,580 1,981 2,258 2,432 2,599
11,100 1,053 1,587 1,989 2,268 2,443 2,610
11,200 1,058 1,593 1,997 2,277 2,453 2,620
11,300 1,062 1,600 2,005 2,286 2,463 2,631
11,400 1,066 1,606 2,013 2,295 2,473 2,642
11,500 1,070 1,613 2,021 2,305 2,483 2,652
11,600 1,075 1,619 2,029 2,314 2,493 2,663
11,700 1,079 1,626 2,037 2,323 2,503 2,673
11,800 1,084 1,633 2,046 2,333 2,513 2,684
11,900 1,088 1,639 2,054 2,342 2,523 2,695
12,000 1,093 1,646 2,062 2,351 2,533 2,705
12,100 1,097 1,653 2,070 2,361 2,544 2,716
12,200 1,102 1,659 2,078 2,370 2,554 2,726
12,300 1,106 1,666 2,086 2,379 2,564 2,737
12,400 1,110 1,672 2,094 2,388 2,574 2,748
12,500 1,114 1,679 2,102 2,398 2,584 2,758
12,600 1,119 1,685 2,110 2,407 2,594 2,769
12,700 1,123 1,692 2,118 2,416 2,604 2,779
12,800 1,128 1,699 2,127 2,426 2,614 2,790
12,900 1,132 1,705 2,135 2,435 2,624 2,801
13,000 1,137 1,712 2,143 2,444 2,634 2,811
13,100 1,141 1,719 2,151 2,454 2,645 2,822
13,200 1,146 1,725 2,159 2,463 2,665 2,832
13,300 1,150 1,732 2,167 2,472 2,665 2,843
13,400 1,154 1,738 2,175 2,481 2,675 2,854
13,500 1,158 1,745 2,183 2,491 2,685 2,864
13,600 1,163 1,751 2,191 2,500 2,695 2,875
13,700 1,167 1,758 2,199 2,509 2,705 2,885
13,800 1,172 1,765 2,208 2,519 2,715 2,896
13,900 1,176 1,771 2,216 2,528 2,725 2,907
14,000 1,181 1,778 2,224 2,537 2,735 2,917
14,100 1,185 1,785 2,232 2,547 2,746 2,928
14,200 1,190 1,791 2,240 2,556 2,756 2,938
14,300 1,194 1,798 2,248 2,565 2,766 2,949
14,400 1,198 1,804 2,256 2,574 2,776 2,960
14,500 1,202 1,811 2,264 2,584 2,786 2,970
14,600 1,207 1,817 2,272 2,593 2,796 2,981
14,700 1,211 1,824 2,280 2,602 2,806 2,991
14,800 1,216 1,831 2,289 2,612 2,816 3,002
14,900 1,220 1,837 2,297 2,621 2,826 3,013
15,000 1,225 1,844 2,305 2,630 2,836 3,023
(Enact. Acts 1990, ch. 418, § 3, effective July 13, 1990; 1994, ch.
330, § 11, effective July 15, 1994; 1996, ch. 365, § 6, effective
July 15, 1996; 1998, ch. 100, § 8, effective July 15, 1998; 1998,
ch. 255, § 20, effective July 15, 1998; 2000, ch. 430, § 9,
effective July 14, 2000.)
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