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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