Assembly Bill No. 27–Committee on Judiciary

 

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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:

 

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

 follows:

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

 unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

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

 person, after deduction of all legitimate business expenses, but

 without deduction for personal income taxes, contributions for

 retirement benefits, contributions to a pension or for any other

 personal expenses.

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

 amount determined according to the following schedule:

        (1) For one child, 18 percent;

        (2) For two children, 25 percent;

        (3) For three children, 29 percent;

        (4) For four children, 31 percent; and

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

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

 presumptive maximum amount per month per child set forth for the

 parent in subsection 2 for an obligation for support determined

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

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

 to subsection 6 of NRS 125B.080.

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

 presumptive maximum amount per month per child for an

 obligation for support, as adjusted pursuant to subsection 3, is:

 

                  PRESUMPTIVE MAXIMUM AMOUNT

                     The Presumptive Maximum Amount the

    INCOME RANGEParent May Be Required to Pay

If the Parent’s Gross   But per Month per Child Pursuant to

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

 

            $0        -   $4,168                 $500

       4,168        -      6,251                   550

     $6,251        -   $8,334                 $600

       8,334        -   10,418                   650

     10,418        -   12,501                   700

     12,501        -   14,583                   750

 

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

 $14,583, the presumptive maximum amount the parent may be

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

    3.  Thepresumptive maximum amounts set forth in subsection

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

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

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

 dollar amount corresponding to the percentage of increase or

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

 United States Department of Labor for the preceding calendar year.

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

 determine the amount of the increase or decrease required by this

 subsection, establish the adjusted amounts to take effect on July 1

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

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

 means the Office of Court Administrator created pursuant to

NRS 1.320.

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

 

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