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Click on this link for the child support Guideline chart amounts in Word Format

This is the complete child support guideline chart and the child support statute on how to use it.  It is made to be used with the child support guideline worksheet on the next page and it should be used with the directions on the previous child support page.  You will need to use these figures to calculate child support for the state of Kentucky.   The chart is current as of January 1, 2011. There have been very little or few changes ever made to the child support chart.  However, the powers and ability to collect child support have been greatly increased.  The chart has been essentially unchanged since 1988 and it is similar to other states.  Our Divorce Manual shows the differences for most of the states.

If you are calculating child support, remember the issue of jurisdiction.   You will not be able to use this chart if the non custodial parent lives in another state and does not consent to Kentucky jurisdiction.  Kentucky Revised Statute 454.220 states that Kentucky cannot collect child support on the out-of-state parent who has been absent from the state for more than a year.  The child support case should instead be sent to the noncustodial parent's home state and collected there.  The amount of child support due from state to state varies.  Each state has its own chart and uses different factors and rules.  If you are a non custodial parent living in another state and generally answer a petition for support, you waive the issue of jurisdiction and you will be force to pay child support pursuant to Kentucky laws.

The Divorce Manual fully discusses the Kentucky child support chart.   Download your free copy.  This is an advertisement for the Divorce Manual.  This is not legal advice.  It is for informational purposes only.

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