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NY A08389

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Noah Burroughs

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Changes child support calculation from combined parental income to non-custodial parent's income only, applying support percentages (17% for one child up to 35% for five or more children) solely to that parent's income
  • Lowers the age of child support obligation from 21 years to 18 years
  • Expands income deductions for child support calculations to include New York state income taxes, federal income taxes, and health insurance costs actually paid
  • Modifies health insurance "reasonable in cost" standard from 5% of combined parental income to 5% of either parent's gross income
  • Caps non-custodial parent's income for support calculations at the statutory amount (currently approximately $141,000, adjusted biennially for inflation) with court discretion to consider additional factors for income above that threshold

Legislative Description

Enacts the "family reform act"; provides that child support amounts shall be calculated based on the non-custodial parent's income; excludes health insurance costs and federal and state income taxes paid from the calculation of income for child support calculation purposes; decreases the amount of time courts can imprison an individual for the non-payment of child support; requires courts to collect certain demographic information in relation to orders of child support issued, modified or enforced and publish a report on such information; makes related provisions.

Last Action

print number 8389b

2/27/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary5/13/2025

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