Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: HF1321

HF 1321

SECOND ENGROSSMENT

Marriage dissolution, child custody, support,
maintenance, and property law recodified and reformed; and money
appropriated.

HF 1321

ARTICLE 1: CHILD CUSTODY AND PARENTING TIME

Section 1:
Marital dissolution fee imposed.
Sec. 2: The best interests of the child
definition modified.
Sec. 3: Rebuttable presumptions in child custody dispute
usage requirements clarified.
Sec. 4: Parenting time defined.
Sec. 5:
Six-month review request procedures specified.

ARTICLE 2: CHILD
SUPPORT

Section 1: Chapter designated as Minnesota Child Support Act.
Sec. 2:
Legislative intent provided.
Sec. 3: Related terms defined.
Sec. 4: Child
support order requirements established.
Sec. 5: Temporary orders
authorized.
Sec. 6: Controlling order determination authorized.
Sec. 7:
Attorney fee cost and disbursements regulated.
Sec. 8: Information exchange
regulations established.
Sec. 9: Personal privacy protection provided.
Sec. 10:
Income defined.
Sec. 11: Imputed income relating to nonappearance or
insufficient information regulated.
Sec. 12: Presumptive child support order
rebuttable presumption provided.
Sec. 13: Basic support schedule detailed using
combined parental income.
Sec. 14: Child care support based on share of
combined monthly income.
Sec. 15: Medical support definitions and determination
procedure provided.
Sec. 16: Self-supprt adjustment provided.
Sec. 17:
Worksheet publication required.
Sec. 18: Deviation from standard taken into
consideration in support proceedings.
Sec. 19: Written finding publication
required.
Sec. 20: Guidelines review required.
Sec. 21: Education trust fund
designation authorized.
Sec. 22: General authority modification provided.
Sec.
23: Reopening order factors provided and effect specified.
Sec. 24: Official
custody change regulations established.
Sec. 25: Substantial change in
circumstances, earnings, or needs addressed.
Sec. 26: Modification effective
date provided.
Sec. 27: Child support determination procedure detailed.
Sec.
28: Cost of living COLA adjustments provided.
Sec. 29: General assignment
provided.
Sec. 30: Obligee party status provided.
Sec. 31: Public authority
role provided.
Sec. 32: Service fees established.
Sec. 33: Public authority
procedures for child support and parentage orders established.
Sec. 34:
Nonattorney employee duties established.
Sec. 35: Case information sheet
pleadings provided.
Sec. 36: Noncontested matters addressed.
Sec. 37:
Administrative authority for parentage specified.
Sec. 38: Sharing of
information authorized.
Sec. 39: Notice sufficiency clarified.
Sec. 40: Child
support payment center collections unit created.
Sec. 41: Obligation mandatory
payment provided.
Sec. 42: General income withholding procedures
established.
Sec. 43: Income withholding waiver provded.
Sec. 44:
Responsibilities of payor of funds specified.
Sec. 45: Lump-sum payments
detailed.
Sec. 46: Payor of funds liability to oblige provided.
Sec. 47:
Employer contempt provided.
Sec. 48: Income withholding order priority
regulated.
Sec. 49: Subsequent income withholding procedures established.
Sec.
50: Arrears order provided.
Sec. 51: Interstate income holding addressed.
Sec.
52: Income withholding order termination authority specified.
Sec. 53: Child
support deposit account established.
Sec. 54: Escrow account regulated.
Sec.
55: Trustee appointment procedure established.
Sec. 56: Overpayment procedures
detailed.
Sec. 57: Court order alternate notice provided.
Sec. 58: Independent
child support and parenting time provided.
Sec. 59: Six-month review request
procedure detailed.
Sec. 60: Payment agreements provided.
Sec. 61: Employment
order search provided.
Sec. 62: Community services order procedure
defined.
Sec. 63: Contempt proceedings specified.
Sec. 64: Security and
sequestration procedures detailed.
Sec. 65: Driver¿s license suspension
authority conditions provided.
Sec. 66: Occupational license suspension
provided.
Sec. 67: Suspensions data provided.
Sec. 68: Recreational license
suspension conditions provided.
Sec. 69: Motor vehicle lien factors
detailed.
Sec. 70: Publication of names of delinquent child support obligors
required.
Sec. 71: Arrears collection procedure established.
Sec. 72: Revenue
recapture collection provided.
Sec. 73: Case reviewer required.
Sec. 74:
Attorney fee collection costs provided.
Sec. 75: Required notices
detailed.
Sec. 76: Money appropriated.
Sec. 77: Revisor¿s instruction.
Sec.
78: Repealer.
Sec. 79: Effective date.

ARTICLE 3: MISCELLANEOUS

Sections
1-2: Moving the child to another state regulations clarified.
Sec. 3: Order
modification modified.
Sec. 4: Language clarified.
Sec. 5: Military service
provision relating to child support clarified.
Sec. 6: Effective date.

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