SB23-173 Summary

• Requires all child support orders to include a written advisement to parties covering enforcement remedies, income assignments, interest on arrears, modification procedures, emancipation effects, and spousal maintenance consequences.

• Modifies child support income calculations for alimony and maintenance payments based on federal tax deductibility status, with different multipliers (1.25 or 1.33) depending on combined monthly income thresholds of $10,000.

• Establishes that child support obligations begin in the month the order is entered rather than the date of physical separation or petition filing.

• Adds new requirements for insurance information disclosure between parents, medical expense reimbursement procedures with July 1 deadline for proof, and 49-day response deadline for medical expense requests.

• Requires the Child Support Commission to include at least four parent representatives (at least two obligors and two obligees) and dedicates the commission to achieving racial, economic, gender, and geographic diversity in its recommendations.