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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Alaina Demopoulos

Kanye West is paying $200,000 a month in child support. Where did that number come from?

Ye and Kim Kardashian
In California, the average amount of child support is about $430 a child each month. Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

How much does it cost to raise a Kardashian-West child? $200,000 a month, according to a settlement reached on Tuesday in Los Angeles superior court. Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, ended a months-long legal drama and agreed to pay that amount in child support to his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. But where did the figure come from?

Typically, parents are awarded child support based on formulas or calculators set up by state governments. These formulas take both parents’ finances into account. In California, the average amount is about $430 a child each month.

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