Introduced by Rep. Jim Moeller (Vancouver) (D) on January 14, 2013
Implements the child suppoprt work group’s September 2011 final report and recommendations, which contain, among other things, a new economic table based on more current data and a formula for calculating adjustments to take into consideration children not before the court. This is in compliance with a federal mandate that all states review their child support laws every four years. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on January 14, 2013
Substitute offered in the House on January 30, 2013
Adopts a new child support economic table that does not differentiate amounts based on the children's ages. Requires an adjustment of the standard calculation based on "children not
before the court." Amends the postsecondary educational support statute to, among other things, require the court to consider any grants or scholarships awarded to the child.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 1, 2013
Referred to the House Rules Committee on March 1, 2013
Amendment offered by Rep. Brad Klippert (Benton) (R) on March 6, 2013
Allows, rather than requires, the court to make an
adjustment for children not before the court using the whole family
formula set out in statute.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 6, 2013
Amendment offered by Rep. Matt Shea (Spokane Valley) (R) on March 6, 2013
Provides that the court must make an adjustment to the
standard calculation, rather than a deviation, where there is a
shared residential schedule for a child. There must be a court
order or administrative law judge findings regarding the number of
overnights, which must be equivalent to at least 14 percent of the
annual overnights. The adjustments must be made based on a new
table and a formula set forth in a worksheet for calculating
residential credit, which must be developed by the AOC consistent
with the intent of the workgroup.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 6, 2013
Adopts a new child support economic table that does not differentiate
amounts based on the children's ages.
Requires an adjustment of the standard calculation based on "children not
before the court."
Amends the postsecondary educational support statute to, among other things,
require the court to consider any grants or scholarships awarded to the child.
Clarifies the self-support reserve limitation on the amount of child support
ordered.
Received in the Senate on March 8, 2013
Referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee on March 8, 2013
Received in the House on January 13, 2014
Referred to the House Rules Committee on January 30, 2014