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H. B. 2796


(By Delegate J. Miller)
[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend and reenact §48-13-201 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the use of both parents' income in determining child support, calculation of adjusted gross income.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §48-13-201 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 13. GUIDELINES FOR CHILD SUPPORT AWARDS.
PART 2. CALCULATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.

§48-13-201. Use of both parents' income in determining child support; calculation of adjusted gross income; parent shall not pay child support if debt ratio exceeds thirty-five percent of a parent's yearly gross income; parent shall not pay child support if the child support obligation exceeds ten percent of a parent's yearly gross income.

(a) A child support order is determined by dividing the total child support obligation between the parents in proportion to their income. Both parents' yearly adjusted gross income is used to determine the amount of child support.
(b) To determine a parent's yearly adjusted gross income, a valid tax return from the previous year must be provided.
(c) Once a valid tax return from the previous year is provided, all taxes, debts, judgments and collections shall be deducted from the parent's adjusted gross income that appears on the previous year's valid tax return. Further, all over-time earned by the parent shall be excluded from the yearly adjusted gross income calculation.
(d) To determine the amount of taxes to be deducted from the parent's adjusted gross income, add all taxes paid that appear on the previous year's valid tax return.
(e) To determine the amount of debts, judgments and collections, the parent's credit report shall be accessed from one of the three major credit bureaus in the United States: Equifax, TransUnion or Esperian. After accessing the credit report from one of the three major credit bureaus, add all monthly debts, judgments and collections that appear on the parent's credit report and multiply that monthly debt by twelve.
(f) If a current child support obligation is already in effect, current child support obligations must be considered in the determination of a parent's yearly adjusted gross income. The parent who receives child support shall add the yearly amount of child support that he or she receives into his or her adjusted gross income, and the parent who pays child support shall deduct the total amount of child support that he or she pays from his or her adjusted gross income.
(g) A parent shall not have to pay child support if that parent's yearly debt ratio exceeds thirty-five percent of that parent's yearly gross income. A parent's yearly gross income shall be found on that parent's previous year's valid tax return. A parent's yearly debt ratio shall be calculated by adding together all yearly taxes, debts, judgments, collections and child support payments.
(h) A parent shall not have to pay child support if the determined yearly child support obligation exceeds ten percent of that parent's yearly gross income. A parent's yearly gross income shall be found on that parent's previous year's valid tax return.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to include child support that is received by a parent into their monthly adjusted gross income. A parent's monthly adjusted gross income shall not include taxes or debt, including collections or judgments. The bill provides a maximum debt ratio, beyond which child support will not be awarded. The bill further provides that a parent will not have to pay child support if the yearly child support obligation exceeds ten percent of that parent's yearly gross income.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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