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HB0012 • 2023

Presumptive child support amounts-updated tables.

AN ACT relating to child support; amending the presumptive child support amounts; and providing for an effective date.

Children
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Judiciary
Last action
2023-02-15
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the percentages and base payments were changed or if it applies specifically to both types of parents. These statements are removed as they cannot be verified from the provided information.

Updated Child Support Tables

This law updates the presumptive child support amounts used by courts to determine how much money parents should pay for their children's care.

What This Bill Does

  • Updates the tables that show how much child support a parent must pay based on their income and the number of children they have.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Parents who are involved in child support cases
  • Courts that decide on child support amounts

Terms To Know

Presumptive Child Support Amounts
The standard dollar amounts courts use to figure out how much child support a parent should pay.
Combined Income
The total income of both parents used to calculate the child support amount.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not change other parts of Wyoming's child support laws.
  • Effective July 1, 2023.

Bill History

  1. 2023-02-15 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 14

  2. 2023-02-15 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0009

  3. 2023-02-14 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0009

  4. 2023-02-13 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0009

  5. 2023-02-09 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0009

  6. 2023-02-09 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 24-7-0-0-0

  7. 2023-02-08 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2023-02-07 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  9. 2023-02-07 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2023-02-07 Senate

    S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  11. 2023-02-02 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel

  12. 2023-01-19 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2023-01-19 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 35-25-2-0-0

  14. 2023-01-18 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2023-01-17 House

    H COW:Passed

  16. 2023-01-16 House

    H Placed on General File

  17. 2023-01-16 House

    H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0

  18. 2023-01-12 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary

  19. 2023-01-06 House

    H Received for Introduction

  20. 2022-12-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 23LSO-0090
Bill No.:

HB0012

Effective:

7/1/2023

LSO No.:

23LSO-0090

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0009

Chapter No.:

14

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Presumptive child support amounts-updated tables.

Subject:

Increasing the presumptive statutory amounts for child support.

Summary/Major Elements:

Wyoming statute requires the Department of Family Services to review the presumptive child support amounts set in statute in order to ensure that the child support award amounts are appropriate.

This act increases the presumptive child support amounts that courts use to determine the child-support obligation for both custodial and non-custodial parents in light of the Department's recent review.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
23LSO-0090

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0012

ENROLLED ACT NO. 9,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session

AN ACT relating to child support; amending the presumptive child support amounts; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 20
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304(a)(i) through (v) is amended to read:

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304.

Presumptive child support.

(a)

Child support shall be expressed in a specific dollar amount. The following child support tables shall be used to determine the total child support obligation considering the combined income of both parents. The appropriate table is based upon the number of children for whom the parents share joint legal responsibility and for whom support is being sought. After the combined net income of both parents is determined it shall be used in the first column of the tables to find the appropriate line from which the total child support obligation of both parents can be computed from the third column. The child support obligation computed from the third column of the tables shall be divided between the parents in proportion to the net income of each. The noncustodial parent's share of the joint child support obligation shall be paid to the custodial parent through the clerk as defined by W.S. 20
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102(a)(x):

(i)

One (1) child:

Net Monthly

Percentage of
Income of

Income
Both

Allocated For

Base Support Plus
Parents

One Child

Marginal Percentage

$846.00

22.0

$186.00 + 21.3% over $846.00

$2,961.00

21.5

$637.00 + 14.3% over $2,961.00

$4,652.00

18.9

$879.00 + 11.8% over $4,652.00

$5,498.00

17.8

$979.00 + 10.2% over $5,498.00

$7,613.00

15.7

$1,195.00 + 9.3% over $7,613.00

$10,151.00

14.1

$1,431.00 + 7.5% over $10,151.00

$12,900.00

12.7

$1,638.00 + 5.9% of anything over

$12,900.00

$1,000.00

23.0

$230.00 + 23.0% over $1,000.00

$2,000.00

23.0

$461.00 + 23.0% over $2,000.00

$3,200.00

23.0

$737.00 + 20.1% over $3,200.00

$4,000.00

22.5

$898.00 + 13.4% over $4,000.00

$4,500.00

21.4

$965.00 + 11.8% over $4,500.00

$8,000.00

17.2

$1,379.00 + 11.1% over $8,000.00

$15,000.00

14.4

$2,157.00 + 10.3% of anything over

$15,000.00

(ii)

Two (2) children:

Net Monthly

Percentage of
Income of

Income
Both

Allocated For

Base Support Plus
Parents

Two Children

Marginal Percentage

$846.00

32.9

$278.00 + 32.8% over $846.00

$2,961.00

32.8

$971.00 + 20.7% over $2,961.00

$4,652.00

28.4

$1,321.00 + 17.4% over

$4,652.00

$5,498.00

26.7

$1,468.00 + 15.2% over

$5,498.00

$7,613.00

23.5

$1,789.00 + 14.3% over

$7,613.00

$10,151.00

21.2

$2,152.00 + 10.4% over $10,151.00

$12,900.00

18.9

$2,438.00 + 9.5% of anything over

$12,900.00

$1,000.00

35.1

$351.00 + 35.1% over $1,000.00

$2,000.00

35.1

$702.00 + 33.9% over $2,000.00

$3,200.00

34.6

$1,108.00 + 31.0% over $3,200.00

$4,000.00

33.9

$1,356.00 + 19.6% over $4,000.00

$4,500.00

32.3

$1,454.00 + 17.0% over $4,500.00

$8,000.00

25.6

$2,048.00 + 16.0% over $8,000.00

$15,000.00

21.1

$3,171.00 + 15.3% of anything over

$15,000.00

(iii)

Three (3) children:
Net Monthly

Percentage of
Income of

Income
Both

Allocated For

Base Support Plus
Parents

Three Children

Marginal Percentage

$846.00

40.2

$340.00 + 39.4% over $846.00

$2,961.00

39.6

$1,173.00 + 23.9% over $2,961.00

$4,652.00

33.9

$1,577.00 + 20.9% over

$4,652.00

$5,498.00

31.9

$1,754.00 + 17.9% over

$5,498.00

$7,613.00

28.0

$2,132.00 + 16.8% over

$7,613.00

$10,151.00

25.2

$2,558.00 + 11.6% over $10,151.00

$12,900.00

22.3

$2,877.00 + 11.6% of anything over

$12,900.00

$1,000.00

42.4

$424.00 + 42.4% over $1,000.00

$2,000.00

42.4

$848.00 + 40.4% over $2,000.00

$3,200.00

41.7

$1,334.00 + 36.5% over $3,200.00

$4,000.00

40.6

$1,626.00 + 22.8% over $4,000.00

$4,500.00

38.7

$1,740.00 + 19.2% over $4,500.00

$8,000.00

30.2

$2,412.00 + 18.4% over $8,000.00

$15,000.00

24.7

$3,698.00 + 18.1% of anything over

$15,000.00

(iv)

Four (4) children:

Net Monthly

Percentage of
Income of

Income
Both

Allocated For

Base Support Plus
Parents

Four Children

Marginal Percentage

$846.00

44.9

$380.00 + 43.9% over $846.00

$2,961.00

44.2

$1,309.00 + 26.8% over $2,961.00

$4,652.00

37.9

$1,763.00 + 22.9% over $4,652.00

$5,498.00

35.6

$1,957.00 + 20.1% over $5,498.00

$7,613.00

31.3

$2,383.00 + 18.5% over $7,613.00

$10,151.00

28.1

$2,852.00 + 13.1% over $10,151.00

$12,900.00

24.9

$3,212.00 + 13.0 % of anything

over $12,900.00

$1,000.00

47.4

$474.00 + 47.4% over $1,000.00

$2,000.00

47.4

$948.00 + 45.2% over $2,000.00

$3,200.00

46.6

$1,490.00 + 40.8% over $3,200.00

$4,000.00

45.4

$1,816.00 + 25.5% over $4,000.00

$4,500.00

43.2

$1,943.00 + 21.5% over $4,500.00

$8,000.00

33.7

$2,694.00 + 20.5% over $8,000.00

$15,000.00

27.5

$4,130.00 + 20.2% of anything over

$15,000.00

(v)

Five (5) or more children:

Net Monthly

Percentage of
Income of

Income
Both

Allocated For

Base Support Plus
Parents

Five Children

Marginal Percentage

$846.00

49.4

$418.00 + 48.3% over $846.00

$2,961.00

48.6

$1,439.00 + 29.6% over $2,961.00

$4,652.00

41.7

$1,940.00 + 24.8% over $4,652.00

$5,498.00

39.1

$2,150.00 + 22.2% over $5,498.00

$7,613.00

34.4

$2,619.00 + 20.4% over $7,613.00

$10,151.00

30.9

$3,137.00 + 14.5% over $10,151.00

$12,900.00

27.4

$3,535.00 + 14.3% of anything over

$12,900.00

$1,000.00

52.1

$521.00 + 52.1% over $1,000.00

$2,000.00

52.1

$1,042.00 + 49.7% over $2,000.00

$3,200.00

51.2

$1,639.00 + 44.8% over $3,200.00

$4,000.00

49.9

$1,997.00 + 28.0% over $4,000.00

$4,500.00

47.5

$2,137.00 + 23.6% over $4,500.00

$8,000.00

37.0

$2,964.00 + 22.6% over $8,000.00

$15,000.00

30.3

$4,543.00 + 22.2% of anything over

$15,000.00

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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