Revision: Feb. 21, 2024, 9:59 a.m.
Rep. Bickford, Straf. 3
February 5, 2024
2024-0812h
05/06
Floor Amendment to HB 1595-FN
Amend the bill by replacing section 5 with the following:
5 Adjustments to the Application of Guidelines under Special Circumstances; Parenting Schedule. Amend RSA 458-C:5, I(h)(2) to read as follows:
(2) In considering requests for adjustments to the application of the child support guidelines based on the parenting schedule, the court may consider the following factors:
(A) Whether[, in cases of equal or approximately equal residential responsibility,] the parties have agreed to the specific apportionment of variable expenses for the children, including but not limited to education, school supplies, day care, after school, vacation and summer care, extracurricular activities, clothing, health care coverage costs and uninsured health care costs, and other child-related expenses.
[(B) Whether the obligor parent has established that the equal or approximately equal residential responsibility will result in a reduction of any of the fixed costs of child rearing incurred by the obligee parent.
(C)] (B) Whether the income of the lower earning parent enables that parent to meet the costs of child rearing in a similar or approximately equal style to that of the other parent.
(C) Whether extraordinary circumstances are present, such as the case of a child with significant health issues, long distances between the parents’ residences, or the parent’s unusual or unpredictable work schedules, or in cases where there is evidence of abuse, as defined in RSA173-B:1, I.