CHILD SUPPORT IN KENTUCKY
Calculation of Child Support Obligations:
Child support in Kentucky is calculated pursuant to the
Kentucky Revised Statute 403.212.
In Kentucky, child support obligations are established and/or modified using a
statutorily established set of guidelines. According to
KRS 403.211, obligations
are to be set in accordance with the guidelines table unless extraordinary
circumstances exist. Extraordinary situations are to be handled at the
discretion of the court.
The
Kentucky Attorney General's Office provides all the information and forms
you need to do a rough calculation of child support obligations in your
situation. See
http://chfs.ky.gov/dis/cse.htm for forms, worksheets
and help with calculations.
To determine the amount of child
support obligations, Kentucky uses a
worksheet, based on the Kentucky Child Support Guidelines,
to calculate the proposed obligation. The worksheet uses the income of both the custodial parent and the
non-custodial parent and considers other factors such as medical
insurance, maintenance payments, child care, and support for prior
born children.
The Child Support
Guidelines TABLE is then used to complete child support
calculations, applying the parties' combined joint monthly incomes
(adjusted by their contributions toward health insurance,
maintenance payments, child care expenses, support for older
children from other relationships, etc.). See
http://chfs.ky.gov/dis/cse.htm for that Table.
Modification of Child Support (Increases and Decreases):
Once an obligation has been established
by the Court or the parties' agreement has incorporated into a Court
Order, child support can later be modified.
However, there are certain minimum requirements for making such
changes.
As explained in
KRS 403.213,
the reduced or increased child support obligation must reflect at
least a 15% change (plus or minus) in order to be
modified and the changes in circumstances must be "substantial and
continuing". A lay-off or job termination, for instance, is
not considered "continuing" as the parent is expected to seek and
obtain other employment or to return from lay-off. Retirement
or a permanent health condition which prevents a parent from working
(long-term disability) may be justification for modifying the
parties' respective child support obligations.
Enforcement and Collection of Child Support:
For information about
enforcement and collection of child support
obligations owed to you, visit the website of the Kentucky Child Support Enforcement
Commission.
If you live in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and someone owes you
back child support, you need to contact:
Child Support Division
Jefferson County Attorney
315 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Phone: 502-574-8300
English/Spanish Voice Response System:
(502) 574-8599
Website:
www.louisvilleky.gov/CountyAttorney/childsupport
The Jefferson County Attorney administers the largest child support
division in Kentucky, with approximately 64,000 active case, $65 million
annually in collections (one-quarter of the state’s total), eight full-time
Child Support Detectives, and the state’s first Multilingual Voice Response
Information System to serve clients.
Services Available from the Jefferson County
Attorney's Child Support Division:
-
location of non-custodial parents
-
establishment of paternity*
-
establishment of financial and medical support
-
enforcement and collection of support payments
-
enforcement of medical support
-
review and modification of support orders *
*either parent may
request
Federal
Resources re Child Support:
The
U.S. Department of Health
& Human Services has an
Administration for
Children and Families <http://www.acf.hhs.gov>.
The mission of this agency is to "enhance the well-being of children by
assuring that assistance in obtaining support, including financial and
medical, is available to children through locating parents, establishing
paternity, establishing support obligations, and monitoring and
enforcing those obligations." Among the resources available from
the ACF are:
Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS)
CSENet 2000
Data Standards Registry
New
Federal and Administrative Offset
Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS)
CSENet 2000
Data Standards Registry
New
Federal and Administrative Offset
Federal Case Registry
Information for Employers
Multistate Financial Institution Data Match (FIDM)
National Directory of New Hires
Passport Denial
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