State guidelines for child support awards
United States Code
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- 2023Barnabei, E. v. DeVitis, D. Pa. Super. Ct.
- 2022Michael Scott Carroll, II v. State of Wyoming, ex rel. Department of Family Services, Child Support Enforcement Division and Miranda Christine Gibson Wyo.
- 2021Michael Scott Carroll, Ii v. Miranda Christine Gibson Wyo.
- 2021In re the Marriage of Nelson Iowa Ct. App.
- 2021Hamilton v. Northern VA District Office E.D. Va.
- 2020Clint Raymond Webb v. State of Wyoming, Ex Rel. Department of Family Services, Child Support Enforcement Division and Julie Alia Webb Wyo.
- 2020Cline v. State of Utah D. Utah
- 2020Timothy M. Barrett v. Commonwealth of Virginia Va. Ct. App.
- 2020M.P.G. v. J.L.G. Pa. Super. Ct.
- 2020Timothy J. Emerick v. Carlie M. Emerick Va. Ct. App.
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Each State, as a condition for having its State plan approved under this part, must establish guidelines for child support award amounts within the State. The guidelines may be established by law or by judicial or administrative action, and shall be reviewed at least once every 4 years to ensure that their application results in the determination of appropriate child support award amounts. The guidelines established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made available to all judges and other officials who have the power to determine child support awards within such State. There shall be a rebuttable presumption, in any judicial or administrative proceeding for the award of child support, that the amount of the award which would result from the application of such guidelines is the correct amount of child support to be awarded. A written finding or specific finding on the record that the application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case, as determined under criteria established by the State, shall be sufficient to rebut the presumption in that case. The Secretary shall furnish technical assistance to the States for establishing the guidelines, and each State shall furnish the Secretary with copies of its guidelines. (Source: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 467, as added Pub. L. 98–378, § 18(a), Aug. 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 1321; amended Pub. L. 100–485, title I, § 103(a), (b), Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2346.))