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Usually, a court will estimate that the cost of bringing up one child is $1000 a month, and the non-custodial parent's income is 66.6% of the parent's total combined income. Consequently, this means the non-custodial parent pays $666 per month in child support or even 66.6% of the whole child support obligation.

Number of children: Child support payments increase with the number of children requiring funding. A family of two children at average income requires $1,222 in monthly child support, whereas a family of four at the same income needs $1,600.

Missouri is a state with strict child relocation laws. While other states give you a geographic allowance on how far you can freely move your child ? say, within 50 or 100 miles of your original home ? in Missouri, you cannot relocate the child anywhere at all without legal permission.

In Missouri, the law considers ?joint custody? to be in the best interest of the child. If parents are unable to agree on a parenting plan, the court selects one parent as the ?residential parent? for school and mail purposes.

Many family courts recommend that parents go with some kind of 50/50 time split, meaning that both parents have equal time with their child. A 50/50 parenting schedule could be arranged in many ways, such as: Biweekly rotation - One week with one parent, and one week with the other parent.

Missouri Custody Laws for Unmarried Parents In Missouri, if a child is born to unmarried parents, then the mother is automatically given sole custody with full parental rights. That is unless the mother signs an affidavit acknowledging that her partner is the father.