Child Support If You Make $1,000 a Week in Maryland
Maryland calls its income figure "adjusted actual income," a specific legal term with its own deductions. Here is how $1,000 a week moves through that process.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $1000 a week
The paying parent earns $1000 a week ($4,333.33 a month) in every cell below. The other parent's monthly income changes across rows, and the number of children changes across columns; both genuinely change the result.Every figure is computed with the real Maryland guideline engine, the same one behind the full calculator, not a lookup table built for this page.
| Other parent's income | 1 child | 2 children | 3 children |
|---|---|---|---|
| No reported income | $924.00 | $1,356.00 | $1,639.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $763.58 | $1,092.68 | $1,308.89 |
| $4,000 a month | $699.40 | $978.12 | $1,173.64 |
| $6,000 a month | $700.74 | $979.19 | $1,147.35 |
Every dollar figure is a monthly amount, the presumptive guideline result before add-ons like child care or health insurance and before any court deviation. "Not available" means the engine behind this site declined to compute that specific combination rather than guess; the reason is shown next to it.
From actual income to an obligation
Maryland starts with actual income from any source, under § 12-201(b), then adjusts it for a short list of items: preexisting child support actually paid, an alimony shift if alimony is awarded in the same case, and a multifamily allowance for other children living in the home. What remains is adjusted actual income, and both parents adjusted figures are combined and looked up on the § 12-204(e) schedule.
At $1,000 a week, the paying parent contributes about $4,333 a month before any of those adjustments. Combined with the other parent income in a table row, that total drives the schedule lookup, and Worksheet A splits the resulting basic obligation by each parent share of the combined adjusted actual income.
Following one row through the calculation
Take the row where the other parent reports $4,000 a month. With no preexisting support or alimony adjustments, combined adjusted actual income is $4,333.33 plus $4,000, or $8,333.33. That figure is looked up on the § 12-204(e) schedule, rounding up to the next higher row where needed, to find a basic obligation for the chosen number of children. The paying parent share of the combined income, roughly 52 percent here, is applied to reach the figure in the table.
What this estimate includes
- The § 12-204(e) schedule with the round-up-to-next-row lookup rule
- Worksheet A's income-share allocation for 1, 2, or 3 children
- Combined adjusted actual income from both parents
What it leaves out
- Preexisting child support paid deductions
- The § 12-204(a)(2) alimony-in-this-case income shift
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
Worth knowing
The order of operations matters in Maryland. Alimony is decided first in a case where both are at issue, and the resulting income shift feeds into the child support schedule lookup, not the other way around, so the two calculations are not independent of each other.
The multifamily allowance is computed on the parent income alone, not the combined figure, a design meant to credit that parent existing family obligations without letting the other parent income affect how much credit is given.
Frequently asked questions
What is "adjusted actual income" in Maryland?
It is actual income from any source under § 12-201(b), reduced by preexisting child support actually paid and, where applicable, shifted by alimony awarded in the same case, and reduced further by a multifamily allowance for other children living in the parent home. Combined adjusted actual income across both parents drives the schedule lookup.
Does this table include the alimony income shift?
No. Section 12-204(a)(2) requires deciding alimony first in a case where it applies, then shifting income between the parents before the child support schedule runs. This table assumes no alimony is awarded, so no shift is applied.
What is the multifamily allowance?
A deduction equal to 75 percent of the basic obligation for other children living in a parent home, calculated on that parent income alone, under § 12-201(c)(2). It reduces that parent adjusted actual income before the combined figure is calculated, but only applies when a parent has other qualifying children, which this table does not assume.
How is the basic obligation split between the parents?
By each parent share of the combined adjusted actual income, under § 12-204(l) for Worksheet A. A parent contributing 52 percent of the combined total generally owes 52 percent of the basic schedule figure, before any add-ons are applied.
Does the other parent income change the result at $1,000 a week?
Yes, on two levels. It changes the combined income figure the schedule looks up, and it changes the paying parent share of that combined total, so both the basic obligation and the fraction of it owed shift with the other parent income.
Where can I add preexisting support or alimony figures?
The full Maryland child support calculator on this site has fields for preexisting support paid and alimony awarded in the same case, both of which adjust the income figures before the schedule lookup runs, unlike this simplified table.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Maryland child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Maryland child support calculator. Nothing on this page is a separate estimate or a reimplementation of the math. See the sources below for the statutes and official worksheets behind the Maryland guideline.
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