MN HF2889

Court must modify parenting plans or orders to clearly determine the number of overnights or overnight equivalents each parent has with the child for child support calculation purposes.

Parent with more than 55 percent court-ordered parenting time has a rebuttable presumption of zero dollar basic support obligation, which can be overcome by showing significant income disparity, benefit/detriment to the child, or unjust results.

Parenting expense adjustment calculation is changed from a simple percentage-based formula to a complex mathematical formula using the number of overnights raised to the power of three for each parent, eliminating the previous 12 percent adjustment tier.

Increases parenting time range where presumed equal parenting time applies from 45.1 to 50 percent to a modified calculation method when parenting time is between 45.1 to 54.9 percent.

Effective date is August 1, 2017 for all amended sections relating to child support guidelines and parenting time modifications.