HB 13-1209 Summary: Changes to Child Support Provisions

• Modifies income definitions for child support calculations to clarify treatment of self-employment income, partnership distributions, and retirement account earnings; excludes retirement account earnings from income unless distributions are actually taken.

• Updates minimum child support amounts from $50/month to tiered amounts ranging from $50-$150/month depending on number of children, and raises income thresholds from $850/month to $1,100/month for minimum order calculations.

• Requires courts to credit lump sum retroactive federal disability or retirement benefits received by custodial parents against any retroactive support judgments or past-due child support obligations owed by the noncustodial parent.

• Allows child support orders to be modified or terminated retroactively to the date when court-ordered, voluntary, or mutually agreed upon changes in physical custody occur.

• Requires employers to report newly hired employees' names, addresses, social security numbers, and service start dates to the state directory of new hires for child support enforcement purposes; defines newly hired employees to include those rehired after 60+ day separation.