KENTUCKY SUPPORT GUIDELINE
Kentucky child support calculator & worksheet
Kentucky Revised Statute section 403.212 uses an income-shares table of combined monthly adjusted parental gross income, with a reserve, shared-parenting, and deviation structure around that table.
Current module status
| State | Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Status | Active base worksheet module |
| Guideline model | income shares monthly table |
| Primary income field | Combined monthly adjusted parental gross income |
How Kentucky child support law works
Legal starting point. Kentucky Revised Statute section 403.212 uses an income-shares table keyed to combined monthly adjusted parental gross income. The table amount is presumptive, subject to the statute’s reserve, shared-parenting, expense, and deviation provisions. Read Kentucky Revised Statutes §§ 403.212–403.2121.
How the guideline is calculated
The worksheet selects the obligation for combined adjusted income and divides it by each parent’s share of that income. Parenting-time credit, child care, health care, split custody, and high-income cases require the separate statutory worksheet analysis.
What this site’s worksheet covers
Uses the Kentucky Legislature KRS 403.212 child support guidelines table for combined monthly adjusted parental gross income. The table obligation is divided between parents in proportion to combined monthly adjusted parental gross income under KRS 403.212(5)(a). The ordinary statutory payer-only self-support reserve comparison and $60 minimum are applied. KRS 403.2122 shared-parenting-time credit, child-care costs, health-care costs, split custody and deviations require separate Kentucky worksheet handling. For combined adjusted parental gross income above the uppermost table level, the court may use judicial discretion.
Documents that make the worksheet more useful
Kentucky worksheet, adjusted parental gross income, and parenting-time credit. Gather the records that support the income, parenting-time, insurance, child-care, and other adjustment entries that apply to the family. The calculator applies the guideline formula described above and identifies any listed worksheet line it does not compute.
For a filing or agreement, complete the official court forms linked on this page. They use the same guideline structure explained here, and the court applies it to the facts of the case.
Before you enter your numbers
Is Kentucky's parenting-time credit the table amount?
No. The income-shares table establishes a starting obligation, while section 403.2121 addresses the parenting-time credit. The credit and the expense allocation require additional facts beyond combined adjusted gross income. A table-only estimate should not be treated as a completed shared-parenting calculation.
Prepare this: Bring each parent's income adjustments, the annual parenting-day record, and the care and medical expense allocation. Review the credit provision alongside the basic-support statute.
Read the relevant official instructions: KRS 403.212: basic guideline; Kentucky legislature: Chapter 403, including parenting-time credit.
These preparation notes explain one part of the state guideline. A new estimate does not change an existing order; a modification request does.
How Kentucky cases actually get to a number
Select the obligation for combined adjusted income, divide by each parent’s share, then apply parenting-time credit and expense allocations. Gross income still follows the statute’s additions and exclusions.
Kentucky Revised Statute section 403.212 uses an income-shares table of combined monthly adjusted parental gross income, with a reserve, shared-parenting, and deviation structure around that table. That is a different path from neighboring states that use another model, so do not import a table, percentage, or overnight credit from somewhere else.
Parenting time in Kentucky
Shared-parenting credit is statutory. Overnight thresholds in the worksheet control it. A flexible ‘right of first refusal’ schedule is not the same as court-ordered overnights.
Costs Kentucky usually treats separately
- Work-related child care
- Health insurance for the children
- Extraordinary medical expenses
- Split-custody adjustments
When Kentucky courts leave the guideline
High-income cases and a child’s extraordinary needs require more than the last table row. The reserve protects a low-income parent’s self-support and is not optional arithmetic.
Official Kentucky forms to keep beside this guide
Kentucky worksheet, adjusted parental gross income, and parenting-time credit. The calculator applies the guideline formula described above and identifies any listed worksheet line it does not compute. The primary authority is the published Kentucky source. Fill the official form from source documents. Use this page only to check that you chose the right Kentucky path—primary versus shared, table versus percentage, add-ons versus basic support.
Where this is typically filed
Circuit Court family dockets and DCBS/CSE both use the current worksheet. Verify you have the table that matches the statute currently in force.
Questions specific to Kentucky
Does Kentucky use net pay?
The table is combined monthly adjusted parental gross income as defined by KRS 403.212.
What is the self-support reserve?
It limits support so a low-income parent retains a statutory subsistence amount. Apply it; do not guess a floor.
Is shared parenting automatic at 50/50?
Credit depends on the worksheet’s overnight rules, not on the label ‘50/50’.
Run the calculator
Open the free support calculator, select Kentucky, complete the state worksheet, and print or export the output for review.