Child Support If You Make $500 a Week in Virginia
Virginia adds both parents income together before finding a number, so the other parent side of the table genuinely matters here, not just the $500 a week figure.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $500 a week
The paying parent earns $500 a week ($2,166.67 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 Virginia 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 | Not available: Combined monthly gross income falls between the $350 minimum band and the lowest transcribed schedule row ($4000); the intervening official rows are not yet transcribed (official confirmation required), so this scenario cannot be computed | Not available: Combined monthly gross income falls between the $350 minimum band and the lowest transcribed schedule row ($4000); the intervening official rows are not yet transcribed (official confirmation required), so this scenario cannot be computed | Not available: Combined monthly gross income falls between the $350 minimum band and the lowest transcribed schedule row ($4000); the intervening official rows are not yet transcribed (official confirmation required), so this scenario cannot be computed |
| $2,000 a month | $388.01 | $584.48 | $731.21 |
| $4,000 a month | $355.51 | $529.66 | $665.93 |
| $6,000 a month | $300.72 | $440.85 | $560.77 |
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.
Why some rows below say no guideline number
Virginia computes support from combined monthly gross income under Va. Code § 20-108.2, using a schedule of dollar amounts that both parents incomes are checked against. Combined income under $350 a month gets a flat presumptive minimum of $68. Above that, the officially published rows the schedule relies on start at $4,000 in combined income.
At $500 a week alone, the paying parent brings about $2,167 a month to the combined total. If the other parent reports no income, combined income lands at $2,167, which sits between the $350 minimum band and the $4,000 first published row. Virginia has not made the intervening rows available yet, so this tool declines to guess rather than invent a number for that gap.
Reading a table with real gaps in it
Once the other parent reports $2,000 a month or more, combined income clears the $4,000 line and the table below shows a real, computed figure. The "no reported income" row is the one most likely to show a refusal at this income level, since $500 a week alone does not clear that gap on its own. This is not a bug in the tool. It reflects what Virginia has actually published so far.
What this estimate includes
- The § 20-108.2 income-shares schedule for combined incomes at or above $4,000 a month
- The $68 presumptive minimum for combined income at or below $350 a month
- Guideline amounts for 1, 2, or 3 children, sole custody worksheet
What it leaves out
- Combinations that fall in the unpublished $350 to $4,000 gap, shown as a refusal rather than a guess
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
- Spousal support deducted from either parent gross income before the schedule applies
Worth knowing
Virginia last rebased its entire schedule with SB 805 (2025 Acts of Assembly ch. 702), effective July 1, 2025, which also raised the top of the schedule to $42,500 in combined monthly gross income with percentage add-ons above that. The gap described on this page sits near the bottom of the schedule, not the part SB 805 changed at the top.
A parent whose own income alone would clear the $4,000 combined threshold, even before adding the other parent income, will see computed numbers in every row instead of a refusal. That is common already at slightly higher weekly incomes on this site.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the table say no guideline number for some rows?
Virginia has not made the schedule rows between $350 and $4,000 in combined monthly gross income publicly available in a form this tool can verify. Rather than interpolate a number nobody can check against the statute, the table shows that gap honestly for the combinations that fall into it.
What is the $68 minimum order?
When combined gross income is $350 a month or less, Virginia sets a flat presumptive minimum order of $68 a month rather than running the percentage schedule. It applies regardless of how many children are in the case.
Does adding the other parent income change the result here?
Yes, substantially. Virginia is an income-shares state, so the schedule reads combined gross income from both parents, then splits the resulting obligation by each parent share of that total. That is very different from a state like Texas, which uses only the paying parent income.
What worksheet does this page use?
The sole custody worksheet, the most common real-world case, under Va. Code § 20-108.2(G)(1). Virginia has separate worksheets for split custody and shared custody with more than 90 days per year with each parent, which are not shown on this page.
Will the missing schedule rows ever be filled in?
When the intervening rows become independently verifiable, this page will update to show computed figures instead of a refusal, with a dated changelog entry. Rules on this site require every number to trace to a checkable source, so an unverifiable gap stays a gap rather than an estimate.
What is the official Virginia worksheet called?
Form DC-637 for sole custody cases, filed with the Virginia courts. The full Virginia child support calculator on this site links to the current schedule and worksheet forms.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Virginia child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Virginia 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 Virginia 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.