Assembly Bill No. 27–Committee on Judiciary

 

Prefiled January 29, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Revises method for adjusting presumptive maximum amounts of child support owed by noncustodial parents. (BDR 11‑244)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to child support; revising the method for adjusting the presumptive maximum amounts of child support owed by noncustodial parents; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 125B.070 is hereby amended to read as

1-2  follows:

1-3  125B.070  1.  As used in this section and NRS 125B.080,

1-4  unless the context otherwise requires:

1-5  (a) “Gross monthly income” means the total amount of income

1-6  received each month from any source of a person who is not self-

1-7  employed or the gross income from any source of a self-employed

1-8  person, after deduction of all legitimate business expenses, but

1-9  without deduction for personal income taxes, contributions for

1-10  retirement benefits, contributions to a pension or for any other

1-11  personal expenses.

1-12      (b) “Obligation for support” means the sum certain dollar

1-13  amount determined according to the following schedule:

1-14          (1) For one child, 18 percent;

1-15          (2) For two children, 25 percent;

1-16          (3) For three children, 29 percent;

1-17          (4) For four children, 31 percent; and

2-1       (5) For each additional child, an additional 2 percent,

2-2  of a parent’s gross monthly income, but not more than the

2-3  presumptive maximum amount per month per child set forth for the

2-4  parent in subsection 2 for an obligation for support determined

2-5  pursuant to subparagraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, unless the court sets

2-6  forth findings of fact as to the basis for a different amount pursuant

2-7  to subsection 6 of NRS 125B.080.

2-8  2.  For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the

2-9  presumptive maximum amount per month per child for an obligation

2-10  for support, as adjusted pursuant to subsection 3, is:

 

2-11                PRESUMPTIVE MAXIMUM AMOUNT

2-12                   The Presumptive Maximum Amount the

2-13                                                  INCOME RANGE   Parent May Be Required to Pay

2-14  If the Parent’s GrossBut per Month per Child Pursuant to

2-15  Monthly Income is at Least                    Less Than   Paragraph (b) of Subsection 1 Is

 

2-16           $0        -   $4,168                 $500

2-17     4,168        -      6,251                   550

2-18     6,251        -      8,334                   600

2-19     8,334        -   10,418                   650

2-20  10,418        -   12,501                   700

2-21  12,501        -   14,583                   750

 

2-22  If a parent’s gross monthly income is equal to or greater than

2-23  $14,583, the presumptive maximum amount the parent may be

2-24  required to pay pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 is $800.

2-25      3.  Thepresumptive maximum amounts set forth in subsection

2-26  2 for [each income range and the corresponding amount of] the

2-27  obligation for support must be adjusted on July 1 of each year for

2-28  the fiscal year beginning that day and ending June 30 in a rounded

2-29  dollar amount corresponding to the percentage of increase or

2-30  decrease in the Consumer Price Index (All Items) published by the

2-31  United States Department of Labor for the preceding calendar year.

2-32  On April 1 of each year, the Office of Court Administrator shall

2-33  determine the amount of the increase or decrease required by this

2-34  subsection, establish the adjusted amounts to take effect on July 1 of

2-35  that year and notify each district court of the adjusted amounts.

2-36      4.  As used in this section, “Office of Court Administrator”

2-37  means the Office of Court Administrator created pursuant to

2-38  NRS 1.320.

2-39      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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