Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: HF0110

hf110THIRD ENGROSSMENTMinnesota Child Support Act established, family law reform
and +recodification relating to marriage dissolution, child custody, child
support, +maintenance, and property division provided, and money
appropriated.ARTICLE 1�MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION, LEGAL SEPARATION, AND
ANNULMENTSection 1: Marital dissolution fee imposed.Sec. 2: Six-month review
hearing procedures established.Sec. 3: Maintenance payment enforcement
clarified.Sec. 4: "Divorce" equated with "dissolution" or "dissolution of
+marriage."Sec. 5: Scope clarified.Sec. 6: Rules governing proceedings
modified.Sec. 7: Language clarified relating to void marriages.Sec. 8:
Voidable marriage language clarified.Sec. 9-33: Technical statutory references
modified and "shall" +changed to "must."Sec. 34: "Obligor" definition
modified.Sec. 35-41: Technical statutory references modified and "shall"
+changed to "must."Sec. 42: Terms of order relating to maintenance modified to
separate+ support order from maintenance provisions.Sec. 43-46: Technical
statutory references modified and "shall" +changed to "must."Sec. 47: Court
order and judgement provisions relating to child +support modified.Sec. 48:
Revisor's instructions.Sec. 49: Repealer.ARTICLE 2�CUSTODY, PARENTING TIME,
AND VISITATION: GENERALSection 1: Scope provided.Sec. 2: Temporary orders
relating to custody and parenting time +provided.Sec. 3: Custody, parenting
time, and visitation notice provisions +established.Sec. 4: Provisions relating
to attorney fees, costs, and +disbursements established.Sec. 5: Custody of
children regulations established, "best interests+ of the child" defined, and
determination procedures clarified.Sec. 6: Joint custody factors, presumptions,
findings, and support +guidelines provided.Sec. 7: Access rights of parents and
limitations provided.Sec. 8-17: Technical statutory references modified and
"shall" +changed to "must."Sec. 18: Availability to council regulations
clarified.Sec. 19: Pretrial discovery regulations established.Sec. 20-27:
Technical statutory references modified and "shall" +changed to "must."Sec. 28:
Parenting time expeditor duties and definition provided.Sec. 29-34: Technical
statutory references modified and "shall" +changed to "must."Sec. 35: Judicial
supervision procedures modified.Sec. 36-38: Technical statutory references
modified and "shall" +changed to "must."Sec. 39: Modification of custody order
provided, court basis of +findings established.Sec. 40: Independence of
provisions of decree or temporary order +modified.Sec. 41-42: Technical
statutory references modified and "shall" +changed to "must."Sec. 43: Revisor's
instructions.Sec. 44: Repealer.ARTICLE 3�CHILD SUPPORTSection 1: Title
provided as "Minnesota Child Support Act."Sec. 2: Related terms defined.Sec. 3:
Child support order regulations established.Sec. 4: Temporary order
regulations established.Sec. 5: Determination of controlling order procedure
provided.Sec. 6: Attorney fees, costs, and disbursements provisions
+established.Sec. 7: Exchange of information procedures established.Sec. 8:
Privacy and personal protection provided.Sec. 9: Income regulations
established.Sec. 10: Imputed income regulations established.Sec. 11:
Presumptive child support order regulations established.Sec. 12: Basic support
schedule provided.Sec. 13: Child care support regulations established.Sec. 14:
Medical support regulations established.Sec. 15: Self-support adjustment
allowance defined.Sec. 16: Worksheet for calculating child support production
required.Sec. 17: Deviation determination procedures clarified.Sec. 18: Written
findings clarified.Sec. 19: Guidelines review required.Sec. 20: Education
trust fund allowed.Sec. 21: General authority modification provided.Sec. 22:
Reopening an order procedure provided.Sec. 23: Change in custody or parenting
time situation addressed.Sec. 24: Substantial change in circumstances,
earnings, or needs +procedure provided.Sec. 25: Modification effective date
determination procedure +established.Sec. 26: Termination of child support
conditions detailed.Sec. 27: Cost-of-living adjustments provided.Sec. 28:
Payments ordered for support directed to public authority +in case of public
assistance reception by obligee.Sec. 29: Party status provided.Sec. 30: Role
of public authority provided.Sec. 31: Service fees imposed.Sec. 32: Public
authority procedures for child support and parentage+ orders provided.Sec. 33:
Nonattorney employee duties provided.Sec. 34: Pleadings and case information
sheet format established.Sec. 35: Noncontested matters procedure
established.Sec. 36: Administrative authority, parentage, and support
+regulations provided.Sec. 37: Information and data sharing procedures
established.Sec. 38: Sufficiency of notice clarified.Sec. 39: Child support
payment center central collections unit +created.Sec. 40: Mandatory payment of
obligations to central collections +unit required.Sec. 41: Income withholding
procedures provided.Sec. 42: Waiver of income withholding procedures provided,
+conditions established.Sec. 43: Payor of funds responsibilities provided.Sec.
44: Lump-sum payment procedure established.Sec. 45: Payor of funds liability
clarified.Sec. 46: Employer contempt notices or orders for income withholding
+clarified.Sec. 47: Priority of income withholding orders clarified and maximum
withholding provided.Sec. 48: Subsequent income withholding procedures
defined.Sec. 49: Arrears order for income withholding provided.Sec. 50:
Interstate income withholding clarified.Sec. 51: Order terminating income
withholding provided.Sec. 52: Child support deposit account with financial
institutions +procedures established.Sec. 53: Escrow account regulations
detailed.Sec. 54: Trustee appointment authorized.Sec. 55: Overpayment
procedures clarified.Sec. 56: Alternate notice of court order required.Sec. 57:
Child support and parenting time designated as independent.Sec. 58: Six-month
review provided.Sec. 59: Payment agreement requirements and considerations
provided.Sec. 60: Seek employment order procedures provided.Sec. 61: Order for
community services procedures provided.Sec. 62: Contempt proceedings for
nonpayment of support detailed.Sec. 63: Security, sequestration, and contempt
provisions detailed.Sec. 64: Driver's license suspension instances
provided.Sec. 65: Occupational license suspension provided.Sec. 66: Support
arrears suspensions data procedures provided.Sec. 67: Recreational license
suspension situation detailed.Sec. 68: Motor vehicle lien procedures
provided.Sec. 69: Publication of names of delinquent child support obligors
+procedure established.Sec. 70: Arrears collection to continue after child is
emancipated.Sec. 71: Revenue recapture and collection provided.Sec. 72: Case
reviewer availability required.Sec. 73: Attorney fees and collection costs
responsibility clarified.Sec. 74: Required notices detailed.Sec. 75:
Appropriations provided.Sec. 76: Revisor's instruction.Sec. 77: Repealer.Sec.
78: Effective date.AE