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MS SB2264

Bill

Status

Failed

2/2/2021

Primary Sponsor

Robert Jackson

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Origin

Senate

2021 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds the income of the custodial parent (obligee) as a new criterion that courts or administrative bodies may consider when determining whether standard child support guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a specific case

  • Allows judges to deviate from presumptive child support amounts by making a written finding that considers the custodial spouse's income alongside existing factors like extraordinary expenses, child's independent income, and parental arrangement details

  • Amends Section 43-19-103 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 by inserting the obligee's income as subsection (j) in the list of rebuttable presumption criteria

  • Effective date of July 1, 2021

Legislative Description

Child support; add income of custodial spouse to criteria considered in rebutting presumption of fairness.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/2/2021

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division A1/12/2021

Full Bill Text

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