Bill Text: NH HB161 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the calculation of child support.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-27 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 05/27/2021; Senate Journal 17 [HB161 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB161-Introduced.html
HB 161 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0233
05/04
HOUSE BILL 161
AN ACT relative to the calculation of child support.
SPONSORS: Rep. Yokela, Rock. 33; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 23; Rep. Malloy, Rock. 23; Rep. Abrami, Rock. 19
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill revises the child support guideline percentages, increases the self-support reserve amount, defines a shared parenting plan, and establishes a new formula for the calculation of child support in cases involving shared parenting plans.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0233
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the calculation of child support.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Child Support Guidelines; Definition of Self-Support Reserve. Amend RSA 458-C:2, X to read as follows:
X. "Self-support reserve" means [115] 120 percent of the federal poverty guideline for a single person living alone, as determined annually by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
2 New Paragraph; Child Support Guidelines; Definition of Shared Parenting Plan. Amend RSA 458-C:2 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:
XII. “Shared parenting plan” means a parenting plan where the child overnights with each parent 30 percent or more of the time.
3 Child Support Guidelines; Child Support Formula. RSA 458-C:3, I(a) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(a) The child support guidelines shall be based on the following:
Percent of Combined Net Income Devoted to Child Support
$44,000 or less 22 percent 34 percent 42 percent 45 percent
$55,000 21 33 40 43
$66,000 20 30 36 39
$77,000 18 28 33 36
$88,000 17 25 30 33
$110,000 16 25 30 32
$121,000 16 24 28 30
$132,000 15 22 27 29
$176,000 13 20 24 26
$176,001 or more 12 18 21 23
4 Child Support Guidelines; Child Support Formula. Amend RSA 458-C:3, II(a) to read as follows:
II.(a) When there is a shared parenting plan, the total support obligation shall be determined by multiplying the parents' total net income, as defined in RSA 458-C:2, VI, by the appropriate percentage derived from this section and multiplying the resulting number by 1.5. Otherwise, the total support obligation shall be determined by multiplying the parents' total net income, as defined in RSA 458-C:2, VI, by the appropriate percentage derived from this section.
5 Child Support Guidelines; Child Support Formula. Amend RSA 458-C:3, II(d) to read as follows:
(d) For those cases involving a shared parenting plan, a credit for the parenting time is calculated by multiplying the parenting time percentage with the total support obligation to determine the parenting time credit. The parenting time credit is then subtracted from the support obligation reached in subparagraphs (b) or (c) to generate the child support obligation.
(e) All child support obligations calculated pursuant to this chapter shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
6 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 458-C:5, I(h)(1), relative to adjustments to the child support guidelines due to equal or approximately equal residential responsibility.
II. RSA 458-C:5, I(h)(2)(B), relative to adjustments to the child support guidelines due to lower fixed costs resulting from equal or approximately equal residential responsibility.
7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.
