Child Support If You Make $1,500 a Week in Maryland
This page uses the standard custody worksheet. A parent close to equal overnights should know Maryland has a very different one waiting.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $1500 a week
The paying parent earns $1500 a week ($6,500.00 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 | $1,116.00 | $1,597.00 | $1,913.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $1,028.53 | $1,438.41 | $1,725.94 |
| $4,000 a month | $1,034.43 | $1,445.48 | $1,693.71 |
| $6,000 a month | $1,123.20 | $1,567.80 | $1,796.08 |
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.
Worksheet A here, Worksheet B for shared custody
This page, like the rest of the state-by-income series, uses Worksheet A, form CC-DR-034, for primary physical custody. Maryland also has Worksheet B, form CC-DR-035, for shared physical custody, which applies once each parent has the children at least 92 overnights a year. It multiplies the basic obligation by 1.5 and cross-weights each parent theoretical share by the time the children spend with the OTHER parent, a genuinely different calculation than Worksheet A.
At $1,500 a week, gross pay is about $6,500 a month. The figures in the table below assume primary custody with one parent, not a shared arrangement, so a family closer to a 50/50 schedule should expect the real number to come from a different formula entirely.
Why this page does not use Worksheet B
Worksheet B needs each parent overnight count, not just their income, and the honest point this page family is built around is how income alone changes the number, not custody arrangements. Adding overnights as a third variable would make the table larger without making the income comparison any clearer, so this page holds custody at "primary with one parent" and lets income and child count do the work.
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
- Asterisked self-support reserve cells where they apply
What it leaves out
- Worksheet B and the shared custody multiplier
- The 92 to 109 overnight graduated phase-in adjustment
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
Worth knowing
Maryland add-on handling differs by worksheet too. Worksheet A folds child care and health insurance into one combined obligation before splitting it by income share. Worksheet B keeps those expenses separate under § 12-204(m)(4), dividing each by income share and paying it directly to whichever parent or provider incurs it, rather than blending it into the transfer amount.
A family genuinely uncertain which worksheet fits their situation should count actual overnights over a full year rather than assume a schedule looks close to 50/50. Maryland threshold is specific: at least 92 nights each, not simply "close to half."
Frequently asked questions
When does Maryland use Worksheet B instead?
Once each parent has the children at least 92 overnights a year, § 12-201(o) and § 12-204(f) trigger the shared physical custody formula on Worksheet B, form CC-DR-035, instead of the primary custody Worksheet A used on this page.
How does the shared custody formula work?
It multiplies the basic schedule obligation by 1.5, then calculates each parent theoretical obligation as their income share of that adjusted figure, cross-weighted by the percentage of time the children spend with the OTHER parent. The parent with the higher theoretical figure pays the difference between the two.
Is there a phase-in for overnights near the 92-day line?
Yes. Overnights from 92 to 109 trigger a graduated increase to that parent's theoretical obligation under § 12-204(m)(2)(ii), rather than a sudden jump the moment 92 is reached. This page does not model that phase-in.
Can the shared custody result exceed the sole custody amount?
No. Section 12-204(m)(5) caps the shared custody result at what the paying parent would owe under the sole custody Worksheet A calculation, so shared custody can lower the obligation but never raise it above the Worksheet A figure.
Does this table apply to a 50/50 custody family?
Not accurately. A family with roughly equal overnights should expect Worksheet B to apply, which uses a different multiplier and cross-weighting formula than the primary-custody figures shown in the table on this page.
Where can I compute a shared custody figure?
The full Maryland child support calculator on this site offers both Worksheet A and Worksheet B, with fields for each parent overnight count to determine which one applies and to compute the shared custody figure directly.
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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Changelog: page first published as part of the child support by income series. Material changes are dated in the update log.