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SB 1312 Child support.

Introduced by: Frederick M. Quayle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Child support. Makes comprehensive changes to the child support guideline, including (i) amending the schedule of monthly child support obligations; (ii) clarifying and expanding (adding income from a second job or overtime) the components of income that may be considered in rebutting the presumptions established by the guidelines; (iii) detailing the economic assumptions and factors upon which the guideline and schedule are based; (iv) providing that gross income excludes secondary employment income that the payor parent earned in a good faith effort to pay off arrearages in support for the children at issue; (v) establishing protections to ensure that obligations of support will not reduce a noncustodial parent's income to below 150 percent of the poverty line; (vi) requiring parents to pay in proportion to their income any uninsured medical and dental costs in excess of $250 annually in addition to other child support; and (vii) establishing thresholds for calculating the amount of child-care costs incurred due to employment that should be added to the basic support obligation. This bill reflects the recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources Child Support Guideline Review Panel. The provisions are not retroactive and do not constitute the basis for a material change in circumstances upon which a modification of child support may be based.


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