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HB 933 Child support; update to guidelines.

Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Update to child support guidelines. Provides for updated child support guidelines. The new guidelines specify obligors' monthly child support obligation on the basis of gross monthly income in increments up to $35,000, with an additional amount calculated as a percentage of gross monthly income above $35,000. The bill allows the court to set a support obligation below the presumptive statutory minimum for obligors who earn up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level, provided that such lower amount does not seriously impair the custodial parent's ability to maintain minimal adequate housing and provide other basic necessities for the child. The bill also removes the $250 floor on reasonable and necessary unreimbursed medical or dental expenses that parents are required to pay in proportion to their gross incomes. This bill is a recommendation of the Child Support Guidelines Review Panel.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Update to child support guidelines. Provides for updated child support guidelines. The new guidelines specify monthly child support obligation amounts for obligors who earn a gross monthly income of up to $35,000, with an added additional amount for gross income above $35,000. The bill provides that the court may set an obligation below the presumptive statutory minimum for obligors who earn equal to or less than 150 percent of the federal poverty level, provided that doing so does not create or reduce a support obligation to an amount which seriously impairs the custodial parent's ability to maintain minimal adequate housing and provide other basic necessities for the child. The bill also removes the $250 floor on reasonable and necessary unreimbursed medical or dental expenses that are required to be paid by each parent in proportion to their gross incomes. This bill is a recommendation of the Child Support Guidelines Review Panel.