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Senate File 2085

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Bill Introduced: S.J. 182
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Bill Text

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 598.21, subsection 5A, paragraph a,
  1  2 subparagraph (3), Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    (3)  The child's expected contribution shall be deducted
  1  5 from the cost of postsecondary education and the court shall
  1  6 apportion responsibility for the remaining cost of
  1  7 postsecondary education to each parent.  The A rebuttable
  1  8 presumption exists that the amount to be paid by each a parent
  1  9 or the child shall not exceed thirty-three and one-third
  1 10 percent of the total cost of postsecondary education.
  1 11    Factors that the court shall consider in determining
  1 12 whether the presumption is rebutted shall include all of the
  1 13 following:
  1 14    (a)  The financial resources of each parent.
  1 15    (b)  The financial resources of the child.
  1 16    (c)  The health of the child.
  1 17    (d)  The scholastic aptitude of the child.
  1 18    (e)  Other factors the court determines to be relevant in
  1 19 an individual case.  
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill establishes a rebuttable presumption in relation
  1 22 to the apportionment of postsecondary education costs between
  1 23 the parents and the child under a postsecondary education
  1 24 subsidy.  The bill provides that a rebuttable presumption
  1 25 exists that each parent's and the child's apportionment of the
  1 26 costs shall not exceed 33 1/3 percent of the total.  The bill
  1 27 provides that in considering whether the presumption is
  1 28 rebutted, the court is to consider all of the following
  1 29 factors:  the financial resources of each parent, the
  1 30 financial resources of the child, the health of the child, the
  1 31 scholastic aptitude of the child, and other factors the court
  1 32 determines to be relevant in the individual case.  
  1 33 LSB 5968SS 78
  1 34 pf/cf/24

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