Child Support If You Make $750 a Week in Minnesota
Minnesota has one of the more unusual custody formulas in the country: it cubes the overnight counts. This page holds that variable steady so income can be compared cleanly.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $750 a week
The paying parent earns $750 a week ($3,250.00 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 Minnesota 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 | $457.00 | $589.00 | $669.20 |
| $2,000 a month | $527.43 | $731.84 | $829.65 |
| $4,000 a month | $474.63 | $664.34 | $757.50 |
| $6,000 a month | $414.74 | $580.57 | $661.88 |
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.
The overnights-cubed adjustment, set aside here
Since August 1, 2018, Minnesota Statute 518A.36 has adjusted basic child support using a formula that raises each parent overnight count to the third power before comparing them. A parent with meaningfully more overnights than the other sees a bigger reduction than a simple percentage-based system would give, because cubing amplifies the gap between the two counts.
This page assumes the paying parent has zero overnights, so the adjustment shown in the table is the largest the formula produces for a given income and child count. At $750 a week, gross pay is about $3,250 a month, feeding into the combined PICS figure the table computes support from.
What changes if overnights are added
With zero overnights assumed, the table below shows the largest support figure the formula would produce for each income combination, since more overnights for the paying parent generally lowers the number. Real parenting time is rarely zero, so an actual Minnesota order is likely to land below the figures shown here once real overnights are entered.
What this estimate includes
- The combined PICS figure and the 518A.35 basic support table lookup
- Each parent share of the combined obligation
- A self-support reserve check before the final figure is set
What it leaves out
- The overnights-cubed parenting expense reduction, since this table assumes zero overnights
- Child care and medical support add-ons
- Court deviations for disability or documented special need
Worth knowing
The cubed formula has no fixed cliff or threshold the way older percentage-band systems did. A parent moving from 100 to 110 overnights sees a smaller shift than moving from 170 to 180, because the cube function grows faster the closer the two counts get to equal.
Equal overnights with equal PICS shares can produce zero basic support under 518A.36 subd. 3, on the theory that two parents contributing equally to both income and time are already sharing costs directly rather than needing a transfer between them.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Minnesota cube the overnight counts?
The 518A.36 formula, effective since August 1, 2018, uses each parent overnights raised to the third power in a ratio that shifts the basic support figure toward whichever parent has meaningfully more time. Cubing widens the gap between close overnight counts more than a straight percentage split would, so small differences in parenting time near the middle matter less than large ones.
Why does this table assume zero overnights?
To keep the comparison focused on income rather than custody arrangements. Overnights are a separate variable from income, and mixing the two would make it harder to see how the other parent income alone changes the number, which is the specific honesty point this page exists to make.
Would more overnights lower the support amount?
Generally yes, for the paying parent. As the paying parent overnight count rises relative to the other parent, the cubed formula shifts the basic support obligation down. A parent with close to equal time might even see the formula point toward little or no basic support if child-related expenses are otherwise equally shared.
What replaced the old Minnesota parenting time bands?
Before August 1, 2018, Minnesota used flat percentage bands, 12 percent and 45.1 percent, tied to parenting time thresholds. Those bands no longer exist; the current formula is a continuous overnights-cubed calculation with no fixed percentage steps.
Does the other parent income still matter with this adjustment in place?
Yes, independently of overnights. The combined PICS figure and each parent income share are calculated first, and the overnights-cubed adjustment is applied afterward, so both variables affect the final number through different steps of the formula.
Where can I add real overnight numbers?
The full Minnesota child support calculator on this site has fields for both parents overnights and runs the same 518A.36 formula used here, with the actual custody arrangement instead of the zero-overnights assumption on this page.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Minnesota child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Minnesota 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 Minnesota guideline.
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