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A child is a minor and the law presumes that a minor is not mature enough to make those types of decisions, regardless how mature they may seem. The court may take the wishes of the child into consideration when making its determination, but ultimately the court will decide what is in the best interest of the child.

At the "age of majority", which is eighteen (18) in Kentucky, a child ordinarily becomes emancipated automatically. A person under the age of 18 may become emancipated with the consent of the parent(s).

If the parent obligated to pay support has gone 6 months without paying, or is behind more than $1,000, the County Attorney may file flagrant nonsupport charges, which is a Class D Felony punishable from 1 to 5 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

????????Kentucky Child Support Enforcement has an interactive website where you can apply for child support services, estimate a child support obligation, make your child support payments, report address changes, upload court orders and other legal documents, verify payment history and past due child support amounts ...

New Income Maximums The new changes to child support law increase the maximum combined monthly adjusted parental gross income utilized for calculating child support. Previously the chart stopped at $15,000 monthly, which is $180,000 per year. The new chart goes up to $30,000 monthly, or $360,000 per year.

Kentucky House Bill 528 (abbreviated H.B. 528) is a 2018 family law that created a rebuttable presumption that both parents' equal shared parenting time and equal parental decision-making are in the child's best interest.