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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 598.21, subsection 4, paragraph a, 1 2 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 3 follows: 1 4 Upon every temporary, permanent, or modified order or 1 5 judgment of annulment, dissolution, or separate maintenance, 1 6 the court may order either parent or both parents to pay an 1 7 amount reasonable and necessary for supporting a child. In 1 8 establishing the amount of support, consideration shall be 1 9 given to the responsibility of both parents to support and 1 10 provide for the welfare of the minor child and of a child's 1 11 need, whenever practicable, for a close relationship with both 1 12 parents. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the 1 13 amount of child support which would result from the 1 14 application of the guidelines prescribed by the supreme court 1 15 is the correct amount of child support to be awarded. A 1 16 variation from the guidelines shall not be considered by a 1 17 court without a record or written finding, based on stated 1 18 reasons, that the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate 1 19 as determined under the criteria prescribed by the supreme 1 20 court. In determining support for a child relating to payment 1 21 of postsecondary education expenses, the court shall require 1 22 that, if support for these expenses is ordered, each parent 1 23 shall contribute to the extent the parent is financially able. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill provides that if support for a child relating to 1 26 payment of postsecondary education expenses is ordered in a 1 27 temporary, permanent, or modified order or judgment of 1 28 annulment, dissolution, or separate maintenance, each parent 1 29 is to contribute as each is financially able. 1 30 LSB 1747HH 77 1 31 pf/cf/24
Text: HF00076 Text: HF00078 Text: HF00000 - HF00099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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