HB 4884
To recalculate how child support payments are made
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Bill overview
This bill changes how West Virginia calculates child support payments. Currently, child support is based on a parent’s adjusted gross income. This bill will change that to use a parent’s net pay – the income remaining after deductions – instead. This aims to provide a more accurate reflection of a parent’s available income for child support purposes. The bill also includes adjustments for child care tax credits, health insurance premiums, and social security benefits.
Key provisions
- Child support calculations will now use net pay (income after deductions) instead of adjusted gross income.
- The bill adjusts for child care tax credits by deducting 25% from work-related child care costs for custodial parents with specific income thresholds.
- It accounts for health insurance premiums, adding the cost to the child support obligation and dividing it proportionally based on each parent’s income.
- The bill addresses social security benefits paid directly to the child’s household, adjusting the child support calculation accordingly.
- It includes provisions for determining tax exemptions for children due to support.
Who is affected
- Parents paying child support
- Parents receiving child support
- Children receiving child support
- The West Virginia court system
- Custodial parents
Notable changes
- Shifts the basis of child support calculation from adjusted gross income to net pay.
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