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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 598.21, subsection 3, paragraph e, Code 1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 e. The earning capacity of the party seeking maintenance, 1 4 including educational background, training, employment skills, 1 5 work experience, length of absence from the job market, 1 6 responsibilities for children under either an award of custody 1 7 or physical care, the ages of any children under an award of 1 8 custody or physical care, and the time and expense necessary 1 9 to acquire sufficient education or training to enable the 1 10 party to find appropriate employment. 1 11 Sec. 2. Section 598.21, subsection 3, paragraph f, Code 1 12 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 13 f. The feasibility of the party seeking maintenance 1 14 becoming self-supporting at a standard of living reasonably 1 15 comparable to that enjoyed during the marriage, and the length 1 16 of time necessary to achieve this goal. The court shall 1 17 attempt to balance the efforts of the parties in maintaining 1 18 the lifestyles of both parties at the predissolution level, 1 19 with the highest priority being maintenance of the 1 20 predissolution lifestyle of any child of the parties. 1 21 Sec. 3. Section 598.21, subsection 3, Code 1999, is 1 22 amended by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph 1 23 f and relettering subsequent paragraphs: 1 24 NEW PARAGRAPH. fa. The actual cost of maintaining the 1 25 household provided by any parent awarded physical custody at 1 26 the predissolution level, separate and apart from 1 27 consideration of the earning capacity of either parent. 1 28 Sec. 4. Section 598.21, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 1 29 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 30 The supreme court shall maintain uniform child support 1 31 guidelines and criteria and review the guidelines and criteria 1 32 at least once every four years, pursuant to the federal Family 1 33 Support Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-485. The initial review 1 34 shall be performed within four years of October 12, 1989, and 1 35 subsequently within the four-year period of the most recent 2 1 review. It is the intent of the general assembly that, to the 2 2 extent possible within the requirements of federal law, the 2 3 court and the child support recovery unit consider the 2 4 individual facts of each judgment or case in the application 2 5 of the guidelines and determine the support obligation, 2 6 accordingly. It is also the intent of the general assembly 2 7 that in the supreme court's review of the guidelines, the 2 8 supreme court shall do both of the following: emphasize the 2 9 ability of a court to apply the guidelines in a just and 2 10 appropriate manner based upon the individual facts of a 2 11 judgment or case; and in determining monthly child support 2 12 payments, consider other children for whom either parent is 2 13 legally responsible for support and other child support 2 14 obligations actually paid by either party pursuant to a court 2 15 or administrative order. It is also the intent of the general 2 16 assembly that when applying the guidelines, the court consider 2 17 the ages of any children under an award of custody or physical 2 18 care in determining the earning capacity of a party, the court 2 19 attempt to balance the efforts of the parties in maintaining 2 20 the lifestyles of both parties, with priority given to 2 21 maintaining the predissolution lifestyles of any child of the 2 22 parties, and the court consider the actual cost of maintaining 2 23 any household in which the child will reside at the 2 24 predissolution level. 2 25 EXPLANATION 2 26 This bill provides that certain elements are to be taken 2 27 into consideration by the court in establishing support for a 2 28 party to a judgment for dissolution, annulment, or separate 2 29 maintenance and in establishing a child support obligation. 2 30 In establishing support for a party, the bill directs the 2 31 court to consider the ages of any children under an award of 2 32 custody or physical care in determining the earning capacity 2 33 of the person seeking support; directs the court to attempt to 2 34 balance the efforts of the parties in maintaining the 2 35 predissolution lifestyle of both parties with priority given 3 1 to the support of any children; and directs the court to 3 2 consider the actual costs of maintaining the household 3 3 provided by any parent awarded physical custody at the 3 4 predissolution level, separate and apart from consideration of 3 5 the earning capacity of either parent. In the area of child 3 6 support, the bill directs the court to also consider the 3 7 actual costs of maintaining the household provided by any 3 8 parent awarded physical custody at the predissolution level, 3 9 separate and apart from consideration of the earning capacity 3 10 of either parent and directs the court to consider the age of 3 11 the children in considering the earning capacity of the parent 3 12 awarded physical custody. 3 13 LSB 1162HH 78 3 14 pf/gg/8
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