Implementing recommendations of the 2023 child support schedule work group., the official text

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1014
Chapter 272, Laws of 2025
69TH LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
CHILD SUPPORT SCHEDULE—VARIOUS PROVISIONS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025—Except for sections 1 through 3 and 14, which take effect January 1, 2026; and sections 4 through 12, which take effect April 1, 2027.
Passed by the House March 11, 2025
Yeas 93  Nays 3
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 16, 2025
Yeas 48  Nays 1
JOHN LOVICK

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1014 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved May 13, 2025 10:39 AM
FILED
May 14, 2025

BOB FERGUSON

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1014

Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Schmidt, Walen, Timmons, Fey, Ormsby, and Hill
Prefiled 12/05/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to implementing recommendations of the 2023 child support schedule work group; amending RCW 26.19.065, 26.19.071, 26.19.080, 26.09.170, 26.23.050, 74.20A.055, 74.20A.056, 74.20A.059, and 26.19.020; reenacting and amending RCW 26.09.004; adding new sections to chapter 26.09 RCW; creating new sections; providing effective dates; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 26.19.065 and 2018 c 150 s 401 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Limit at ((forty-five ))45 percent of a parent's net income. Neither parent's child support obligation owed for all his or her biological or legal children may exceed ((forty-five ))45 percent of net income except for good cause shown.
(a) Each child is entitled to a pro rata share of the income available for support, but the court only applies the pro rata share to the children in the case before the court.
(b) Before determining whether to apply the ((forty-five ))45 percent limitation, the court must consider whether it would be unjust to apply the limitation after considering the best interests of the child and the circumstances of each parent. Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, leaving insufficient funds in the custodial parent's household to meet the basic needs of the child, comparative hardship to the affected households, assets or liabilities, and any involuntary limits on either parent's earning capacity including incarceration, disabilities, or incapacity.
(c) Good cause includes, but is not limited to, possession of substantial wealth, children with day care expenses, special medical need, educational need, psychological need, and larger families.
(2) Presumptive minimum support obligation. (a) When a parent's monthly net income is below ((one hundred twenty-five ))180 percent of the federal poverty guideline for a one-person family, a support order of not less than ((fifty dollars ))$50 per child per month shall be entered unless the obligor parent establishes that it would be unjust to do so in that particular case. The decision whether there is a sufficient basis to deviate below the presumptive minimum payment must take into consideration the best interests of the child and the circumstances of each parent. Such circumstances can include leaving insufficient funds in the custodial parent's household to meet the basic needs of the child, comparative hardship to the affected households, assets or liabilities, and earning capacity.
(b) The basic support obligation of the parent making the transfer payment, excluding health care, day care, and special child-rearing expenses, shall not reduce his or her net income below the self-support reserve of ((one hundred twenty-five ))180 percent of the federal poverty level for a one-person family, except for the presumptive minimum payment of ((fifty dollars ))$50 per child per month or when it would be unjust to apply the self-support reserve limitation after considering the best interests of the child and the circumstances of each parent. Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, leaving insufficient funds in the custodial parent's household to meet the basic needs of the child, comparative hardship to the affected households, assets or liabilities, and earning capacity. This section shall not be construed to require monthly substantiation of income.
(c)(i) When a parent's income is greater than the self-support reserve of 180 percent of the federal poverty level for a one-person household, neither parent's basic child support obligation owed for all of the parent's biological or legal children may reduce that parent's income below the self-support reserve of 180 percent of the federal poverty guideline for a one-person household except for the presumptive minimum of $50 per child per month.
(ii) Each child is entitled to a pro rata share of the income available for support but the court only applies the pro rata share to the children in the case before the court. Before determining whether to apply this limitation, the court should consider whether it would be unjust to apply the limitation after considering the best interests of the child and the circumstances of each parent. Such circumstances may include leaving insufficient funds in the custodial parent's household to meet the basic needs of the child, comparative hardship to the affected households, assets or liabilities, and earning capacity.
(3) Income above ((twelve thousand dollars ))$50,000 . The economic table is presumptive for combined monthly net incomes up to and including ((twelve thousand dollars ))$50,000 . When combined monthly net income exceeds ((twelve thousand dollars ))$50,000 , the court may exceed the presumptive amount of support set for combined monthly net incomes of ((twelve thousand dollars ))$50,000 upon written findings of fact.
Sec. 2. RCW 26.19.071 and 2020 c 227 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Consideration of all income. All income and resources of each parent's household shall be disclosed and considered by the court when the court determines the child support obligation of each parent. Only the income of the parents of the children whose support is at issue shall be calculated for purposes of calculating the basic support obligation. Income and resources of any other person shall not be included in calculating the basic support obligation.
(2) Verification of income. Tax returns for the preceding two years and current paystubs shall be provided to verify income and deductions. Other sufficient verification shall be required for income and deductions which do not appear on tax returns or paystubs.
(3) Income sources included in gross monthly income. Except as specifically excluded in subsection (4) of this section, monthly gross income shall include income from any source, including:
(a) Salaries;
(b) Wages;
(c) Commissions;
(d) Deferred compensation;
(e) Overtime, except as excluded for income in subsection (4)(i) of this section;
(f) Contract-related benefits;
(g) Income from second jobs, except as excluded for income in subsection (4)(i) of this section;
(h) Dividends;
(i) Interest;
(j) Trust income;
(k) Severance pay;
(l) Annuities;
(m) Capital gains;
(n) Pension retirement benefits;
(o) Workers' compensation;
(p) Unemployment benefits;
(q) Maintenance actually received;
(r) Bonuses;
(s) Social security benefits;
(t) Disability insurance benefits; and
(u) Income from self-employment, rent, royalties, contracts, proprietorship of a business, or joint ownership of a partnership or closely held corporation.
(4) Income sources excluded from gross monthly income. The following income and resources shall be disclosed but shall not be included in gross income:
(a) Income of a new spouse or new domestic partner or income of other adults in the household;
(b) Child support received from other relationships;
(c) Gifts and prizes;
(d) Temporary assistance for needy families;
(e) Supplemental security income;
(f) Aged, blind, or disabled assistance benefits;
(g) Pregnant women assistance benefits;
(h) Food stamps; and
(i) Overtime or income from second jobs beyond ((forty ))40 hours per week averaged over a ((twelve ))12 -month period worked to provide for a current family's needs, to retire past relationship debts, or to retire child support debt, when the court finds the income will cease when the party has paid off his or her debts.
Receipt of income and resources from temporary assistance for needy families, supplemental security income, aged, blind, or disabled assistance benefits, and food stamps shall not be a reason to deviate from the standard calculation.
(5) Determination of net income. The following expenses shall be disclosed and deducted from gross monthly income to calculate net monthly income:
(a) Federal and state income taxes;
(b) Federal insurance contributions act deductions;
(c) Mandatory pension plan payments;
(d) Mandatory union or professional dues;
(e) Other mandatory state deductions, such as mandatory state insurance premiums actually paid, including for the paid family and medical leave program and long-term services and supports trust program;
(f) State industrial insurance premiums;
(((f) ))(g) Court-ordered maintenance to the extent actually paid;
(((g) ))(h) Up to ((five thousand dollars ))$5,000 per year in voluntary retirement contributions actually made if the contributions show a pattern of contributions during the one-year period preceding the action establishing the child support order unless there is a determination that the contributions were made for the purpose of reducing child support; and
(((h) ))(i) Normal business expenses and self-employment taxes for self-employed persons. Justification shall be required for any business expense deduction about which there is disagreement.
Items deducted from gross income under this subsection shall not be a reason to deviate from the standard calculation.
(6) Imputation of income. The court shall impute income to a parent when the parent is voluntarily unemployed or voluntarily underemployed. The court shall determine whether the parent is voluntarily underemployed or voluntarily unemployed based upon that parent's assets, residence, employment and earnings history, job skills, educational attainment, literacy, health, age, criminal record, dependency court obligations, and other employment barriers, record of seeking work, the local job market, the availability of employers willing to hire the parent, the prevailing earnings level in the local community, or any other relevant factors. A court shall not impute income to a parent who is gainfully employed on a full-time basis, unless the court finds that the parent is voluntarily underemployed and finds that the parent is purposely underemployed to reduce the parent's child support obligation. Income shall not be imputed for an unemployable parent. Income shall not be imputed to a parent to the extent the parent is unemployed or significantly underemployed due to the parent's efforts to comply with court-ordered reunification efforts under chapter 13.34 RCW or under a voluntary placement agreement with an agency supervising the child.
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, in the absence of records of a parent's actual earnings, the court shall impute a parent's income in the following order of priority:
(i) Full-time earnings at the current rate of pay;
(ii) Full-time earnings at the historical rate of pay based on reliable information, such as employment security department data;
(iii) Full-time earnings at a past rate of pay where information is incomplete or sporadic;
(iv) Earnings of ((thirty-two ))32 hours per week at minimum wage in the jurisdiction where the parent resides if the parent is on or recently coming off temporary assistance for needy families or recently coming off aged, blind, or disabled assistance benefits, pregnant women assistance benefits, essential needs and housing support, supplemental security income, or disability, has recently been released from incarceration, or is a recent high school graduate. Imputation of earnings at ((thirty-two ))32 hours per week under this subsection is a rebuttable presumption;
(v) Full-time earnings at minimum wage in the jurisdiction where the parent resides if the parent has a recent history of minimum wage earnings, has never been employed and has no earnings history, or has no significant earnings history;
(vi) Median net monthly income of year-round full-time workers as derived from the United States bureau of census, current population reports, or such replacement report as published by the bureau of census.
(b) When a parent is currently enrolled in high school full-time, the court shall consider the totality of the circumstances of both parents when determining whether each parent is voluntarily unemployed or voluntarily underemployed. If a parent who is currently enrolled in high school is determined to be voluntarily unemployed or voluntarily underemployed, the court shall impute income at earnings of ((twenty ))20 hours per week at minimum wage in the jurisdiction where that parent resides. Imputation of earnings at ((twenty ))20 hours per week under this subsection is a rebuttable presumption.
Sec. 3. RCW 26.19.080 and 2009 c 84 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The basic child support obligation derived from the economic table shall be allocated between the parents based on each parent's share of the combined monthly net income.
(2) Health care costs are not included in the economic table. Monthly health care costs shall be shared by the parents in the same proportion as the basic child support obligation. Health care costs shall include, but not be limited to, medical, dental, orthodontia, vision, chiropractic, mental health treatment, prescription medications, and other similar costs for care and treatment.
(3) Day care and special child rearing expenses, such as tuition and long-distance transportation costs to and from the parents for visitation purposes, are not included in the economic table. These expenses shall be shared by the parents in the same proportion as the basic child support obligation. If an obligor pays court or administratively ordered day care or special child rearing expenses that are not actually incurred, the obligee must reimburse the obligor for the overpayment if the overpayment amounts to at least ((twenty ))20 percent of the obligor's annual day care or special child rearing expenses. The obligor may institute an action in the superior court or file an application for an adjudicative hearing with the department of social and health services for reimbursement of day care and special child rearing expense overpayments that amount to ((twenty ))20 percent or more of the obligor's annual day care and special child rearing expenses. Any ordered overpayment reimbursement shall be applied first as an offset to child support arrearages of the obligor. If the obligor does not have child support arrearages, the reimbursement may be in the form of a direct reimbursement by the obligee or a credit against the obligor's future support payments. If the reimbursement is in the form of a credit against the obligor's future child support payments, the credit shall be spread equally over a ((twelve ))12 -month period. Absent agreement of the obligee, nothing in this section entitles an obligor to pay more than his or her proportionate share of day care or other special child rearing expenses in advance and then deduct the overpayment from future support transfer payments.
(4) The court may exercise its discretion to determine the necessity for and the reasonableness of all amounts ordered in excess of the basic child support obligation.
Sec. 4. RCW 26.09.004 and 2009 c 502 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Department" means the department of social and health services.
(2) "Incapacitation" or "incapacitated" means the inability to pay child support due to participation in court-ordered treatment for a behavioral health disorder issued under chapter 71.05 RCW.
(3) "Military duties potentially impacting parenting functions" means those obligations imposed, voluntarily or involuntarily, on a parent serving in the armed forces that may interfere with that parent's abilities to perform his or her parenting functions under a temporary or permanent parenting plan. Military duties potentially impacting parenting functions include, but are not limited to:
(a) "Deployment," which means the temporary transfer of a service member serving in an active-duty status to another location in support of a military operation, to include any tour of duty classified by the member's branch of the armed forces as "remote" or "unaccompanied";
(b) "Activation" or "mobilization," which means the call-up of a national guard or reserve service member to extended active-duty status. For purposes of this definition, "mobilization" does not include national guard or reserve annual training, inactive duty days, or drill weekends; or
(c) "Temporary duty," which means the transfer of a service member from one military base or the service member's home to a different location, usually another base, for a limited period of time to accomplish training or to assist in the performance of a noncombat mission.
(((2) ))(4) "Parenting functions" means those aspects of the parent-child relationship in which the parent makes decisions and performs functions necessary for the care and growth of the child. Parenting functions include:
(a) Maintaining a loving, stable, consistent, and nurturing relationship with the child;
(b) Attending to the daily needs of the child, such as feeding, clothing, physical care and grooming, supervision, health care, and day care, and engaging in other activities which are appropriate to the developmental level of the child and that are within the social and economic circumstances of the particular family;
(c) Attending to adequate education for the child, including remedial or other education essential to the best interests of the child;
(d) Assisting the child in developing and maintaining appropriate interpersonal relationships;
(e) Exercising appropriate judgment regarding the child's welfare, consistent with the child's developmental level and the family's social and economic circumstances; and
(f) Providing for the financial support of the child.
(((3) ))(5) "Permanent parenting plan" means a plan for parenting the child, including allocation of parenting functions, which plan is incorporated in any final decree or decree of modification in an action for dissolution of marriage or domestic partnership, declaration of invalidity, or legal separation.
(((4) ))(6) "Temporary parenting plan" means a plan for parenting of the child pending final resolution of any action for dissolution of marriage or domestic partnership, declaration of invalidity, or legal separation which is incorporated in a temporary order.
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 5. A new section is added to chapter 26.09 RCW to read as follows:
(1) When a child support order contains language providing for abatement based on incapacitation of the person required to pay child support, there is a rebuttable presumption that an incapacitated person is unable to pay the child support obligation. The presumption may be rebutted by evidence demonstrating that the person required to pay support has possession of, or access to, income or assets available to provide support while incapacitated. Unless the presumption is rebutted, the provisions of subsection (3) of this section apply.
(2)(a) If the child support order does not contain language providing for abatement based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support, the department, the person required to pay support, the payee under the order, or the person entitled to receive support may commence an action in the appropriate forum to:
(i) Modify or amend the support order to contain abatement language; and
(ii) Abate the person's child support obligation due to current incapacitation for a maximum of six months.
(b) In a proceeding brought under this subsection, there is a rebuttable presumption that an incapacitated person is unable to pay the child support obligation. The department, the payee under the order, or the person entitled to receive support, may rebut the presumption by demonstrating that the person required to pay support has possession of, or access to, income or assets available to provide support while incapacitated.
(c) Unless the presumption is rebutted, the provisions of subsection (3) of this section apply.
(3) If the court or administrative forum determines that abatement of support is appropriate:
(a) The child support obligation under the order in front of the court will be abated to $50 per month per child while the person required to pay support is undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment.
(b) Abatement of the support obligation to $50 per month per child will remain in place until the earlier of: The last day of the month in which the person is discharged from court-ordered behavioral health treatment; or the last day of the sixth month after the effective date of the abatement.
(c) After abatement of support is terminated, the support obligation of the person required to pay support under the order is automatically reinstated at 100 percent of the support amount provided in the underlying order.
(4) The effective date of abatement of a child support obligation based on incapacitation to $50 per month per child is the date on which the court order for treatment for a behavioral health disorder is entered. However:
(a) The person required to pay support is not entitled to a refund of any support collections or payments that were received by the department prior to the date on which the department is notified of the incapacitation; and
(b) The department, the payee under the order, or the person entitled to receive support is not required to refund any support collections or payments that were received by the department prior to the date on which the department is notified of incapacitation.
(5) Abatement of a child support obligation based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support does not constitute modification or adjustment of the order.
(6) Abatement of a child support obligation based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support shall only be approved one time in a person's lifetime, regardless of whether the abatement lasted the full six months.
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 6. A new section is added to chapter 26.09 RCW to read as follows:
(1) When a child support order contains language regarding abatement to $50 per month per child based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support, and the department is notified that the person is currently undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment, the department must:
(a) Review the support order for abatement once the department receives notice from the person required to pay support or someone acting on the person's behalf that the person may qualify for abatement of support;
(b) Review its records and other available information to determine if the person required to pay support has possession of, or access to, income or assets available to provide support while incapacitated; and
(c) Decide whether abatement of the person's support obligation is appropriate.
(2) If the department decides that abatement of the person's support obligation is appropriate, the department must notify the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support, that the person's support obligation has been abated and that the abatement will continue while the person is undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment for a maximum of six months. The department, the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support, have the right to an administrative hearing under chapter 34.05 RCW regarding the determination.
(3) If the department decides that abatement of the person's support obligation is not appropriate, the department must notify the person required to pay support and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support, that the department does not believe that abatement of the support obligation should occur. The department, the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support, have the right to an administrative hearing under chapter 34.05 RCW regarding the determination.
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 7. A new section is added to chapter 26.09 RCW to read as follows:
When a court or administrative order does not contain language regarding abatement based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support and the department receives notice that the person is currently undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment, the department must refer the case to the appropriate forum for a determination of whether the order should be modified or amended to:
(1) Contain abatement language as provided in section 5 of this act; and
(2) Abate the person's child support obligation due to current incapacitation in accordance with section 5 of this act.
Sec. 8. RCW 26.09.170 and 2020 c 227 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 26.09.070(7), the provisions of any decree respecting maintenance or support may be modified: (a) Only as to installments accruing subsequent to the petition for modification or motion for adjustment except motions to compel court-ordered adjustments, which shall be effective as of the first date specified in the decree for implementing the adjustment; and, (b) except as otherwise provided in this section, only upon a showing of a substantial change of circumstances. The provisions as to property disposition may not be revoked or modified, unless the court finds the existence of conditions that justify the reopening of a judgment under the laws of this state.
(2) Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly provided in the decree the obligation to pay future maintenance is terminated upon the death of either party or the remarriage of the party receiving maintenance or registration of a new domestic partnership of the party receiving maintenance.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly provided in the decree, provisions for the support of a child are terminated by emancipation of the child or by the death of the person required to pay support for the child.
(4) Unless expressly provided by an order of the superior court or a court of comparable jurisdiction, provisions for the support of a child are terminated upon the marriage or registration of a domestic partnership to each other of parties to a paternity or parentage order, or upon the remarriage or registration of a domestic partnership to each other of parties to a decree of dissolution. The remaining provisions of the order, including provisions establishing parentage, remain in effect.
(5)(a) A party to an order of child support may petition for a modification based upon a showing of substantially changed circumstances at any time.
(b) The voluntary unemployment or voluntary underemployment of the person required to pay support, by itself, is not a substantial change of circumstances.
(6) An order of child support may be modified at any time to add language regarding abatement to ((ten dollars ))$10 per month per order due to the incarceration of the person required to pay support, as provided in RCW 26.09.320, or abatement to $50 per month per child due to incapacitation of the person required to pay support, as provided in section 5 of this act .
(a) The department of social and health services, the person entitled to receive support or the payee under the order, or the person required to pay support may petition for a prospective modification of a child support order if ((the )): (i) The person required to pay support is currently confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility, and the support order does not contain language regarding abatement due to incarceration; or (ii) the person required to pay support is currently undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment and the support order does not contain language regarding abatement due to incapacitation .
(b) The petition may only be filed if the person required to pay support is currently incarcerated or incapacitated .
(c) As part of the petition for modification, the petitioner may also request that the support obligation be abated to ((ten dollars ))$10 per month per order due to incarceration, as provided in RCW 26.09.320, or abated to $50 per month per child due to incapacitation, as provided in section 5 of this act .
(7) An order of child support may be modified without showing a substantial change of circumstances if the requested modification is to ((modify )): (a) Modify an existing order when the person required to pay support has been released from incarceration, as provided in RCW 26.09.320(3)(d); or (b) modify an existing order when the person required to pay support has been discharged from court-ordered behavioral health treatment, as provided in section 5 of this act .
(8) An order of child support may be modified one year or more after it has been entered without a showing of substantially changed circumstances:
(a) If the order in practice works a severe economic hardship on either party or the child;
(b) If a child is still in high school, upon a finding that there is a need to extend support beyond the eighteenth birthday to complete high school; or
(c) To add an automatic adjustment of support provision consistent with RCW 26.09.100.
(9)(a) If ((twenty-four ))24 months have passed from the date of the entry of the order or the last adjustment or modification, whichever is later, the order may be adjusted without a showing of substantially changed circumstances based upon:
(i) Changes in the income of the person required to pay support, or of the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order; or
(ii) Changes in the economic table or standards in chapter 26.19 RCW.
(b) Either party may initiate the adjustment by filing a motion and child support worksheets.
(c) If the court adjusts or modifies a child support obligation pursuant to this subsection by more than ((thirty ))30 percent and the change would cause significant hardship, the court may implement the change in two equal increments, one at the time of the entry of the order and the second six months from the entry of the order. Twenty-four months must pass following the second change before a motion for another adjustment under this subsection may be filed.
(10)(a) The department of social and health services may file an action to modify or adjust an order of child support if public assistance money is being paid to or for the benefit of the child and the department has determined that the child support order is at least ((fifteen ))15 percent above or below the appropriate child support amount set forth in the standard calculation as defined in RCW 26.19.011.
(b) The department of social and health services may file an action to modify or adjust an order of child support in a nonassistance case if:
(i) The department has determined that the child support order is at least ((fifteen ))15 percent above or below the appropriate child support amount set forth in the standard calculation as defined in RCW 26.19.011;
(ii) The department has determined the case meets the department's review criteria; and
(iii) A party to the order or another state or jurisdiction has requested a review.
(c) If incarceration of the person required to pay support is the basis for the difference between the existing child support order amount and the proposed amount of support determined as a result of a review, the department may file an action to modify or adjust an order of child support even if:
(i) There is no other change of circumstances; and
(ii) The change in support does not meet the ((fifteen ))15 percent threshold.
(d) The determination of whether the child support order is at least ((fifteen ))15 percent above or below the appropriate child support amount must be based on the current income of the parties.
(11) The department of social and health services may file an action to modify or adjust an order of child support under subsections (5) through (9) of this section if:
(a) Public assistance money is being paid to or for the benefit of the child;
(b) A party to the order in a nonassistance case has requested a review; or
(c) Another state or jurisdiction has requested a modification of the order.
(12) If testimony other than affidavit is required in any proceeding under this section, a court of this state shall permit a party or witness to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means, unless good cause is shown.
Sec. 9. RCW 26.23.050 and 2022 c 243 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) If the division of child support is providing support enforcement services under RCW 26.23.045, or if a party is applying for support enforcement services by signing the application form on the bottom of the support order, the superior court shall include in all court orders that establish or modify a support obligation:
(a) A provision that orders and directs the person required to pay support to make all support payments to the Washington state support registry;
(b) A statement that withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and liens enforced against real and personal property under the child support statutes of this or any other state, without further notice to the person required to pay support at any time after entry of the court order, unless:
(i) One of the parties demonstrates, and the court finds, that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding and that withholding should be delayed until a payment is past due; or
(ii) The parties reach a written agreement that is approved by the court that provides for an alternate arrangement;
(c) A statement that the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support might be required to submit an accounting of how the support, including any cash medical support, is being spent to benefit the child;
(d) A statement that a party to the support order who is required to provide health care coverage for the child or children covered by the order must notify the division of child support and the other party to the support order when the coverage terminates;
(e) A statement that any privilege of the person required to pay support to obtain and maintain a license, as defined in RCW 74.20A.320, may not be renewed, or may be suspended if the person is not in compliance with a support order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320; ((and ))
(f) A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated as provided in RCW 26.09.320 if the person required to pay support is confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months, or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility; and
(g) A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated as provided in section 5 of this act if the person required to pay support is undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment issued under chapter 71.05 RCW .
As used in this subsection and subsection (3) of this section, "good cause not to require immediate income withholding" means a written determination of why implementing immediate wage withholding would not be in the child's best interests and, in modification cases, proof of timely payment of previously ordered support.
(2) In all other cases not under subsection (1) of this section, the court may order the person required to pay support to make payments directly to the person entitled to receive the payments, to the Washington state support registry, or may order that payments be made in accordance with an alternate arrangement agreed upon by the parties.
(a) The superior court shall include in all orders under this subsection that establish or modify a support obligation:
(i) A statement that withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and liens enforced against real and personal property under the child support statutes of this or any other state, without further notice to the person required to pay support at any time after entry of the court order, unless:
(A) One of the parties demonstrates, and the court finds, that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding and that withholding should be delayed until a payment is past due; or
(B) The parties reach a written agreement that is approved by the court that provides for an alternate arrangement;
(ii) A statement that the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support may be required to submit an accounting of how the support is being spent to benefit the child;
(iii) A statement that any party to the order required to provide health care coverage for the child or children covered by the order must notify the division of child support and the other party to the order when the coverage terminates; and
(iv) A statement that a party to the order seeking to enforce the other party's obligation to provide health care coverage may:
(A) File a motion in the underlying superior court action; or
(B) If there is not already an underlying superior court action, initiate an action in the superior court.
As used in this subsection, "good cause not to require immediate income withholding" is any reason that the court finds appropriate.
(b) The superior court may order immediate or delayed income withholding as follows:
(i) Immediate income withholding may be ordered if the person required to pay support has earnings. If immediate income withholding is ordered under this subsection, all support payments shall be paid to the Washington state support registry. The superior court shall issue a mandatory wage assignment order as set forth in chapter 26.18 RCW when the support order is signed by the court. The payee under the order or the person entitled to receive the transfer payment is responsible for serving the employer with the order and for its enforcement as set forth in chapter 26.18 RCW.
(ii) If immediate income withholding is not ordered, the court shall require that income withholding be delayed until a payment is past due. The support order shall contain a statement that withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and liens enforced against real and personal property under the child support statutes of this or any other state, without further notice to the person required to pay support, after a payment is past due.
(c) If a mandatory income withholding order under chapter 26.18 RCW is issued under this subsection and the division of child support provides support enforcement services under RCW 26.23.045, the existing wage withholding assignment is prospectively superseded upon the division of child support's subsequent service of an income withholding order.
(3) The office of administrative hearings and the department of social and health services shall require that all support obligations established as administrative orders include a provision which orders and directs that the person required to pay support shall make all support payments to the Washington state support registry. All administrative orders shall also state that any privilege of the person required to pay support to obtain and maintain a license, as defined in RCW 74.20A.320, may not be renewed, or may be suspended if the person is not in compliance with a support order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320. All administrative orders shall also state that withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and liens enforced against real and personal property under the child support statutes of this or any other state without further notice to the person required to pay support at any time after entry of the order, unless:
(a) One of the parties demonstrates, and the presiding officer finds, that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding; or
(b) The parties reach a written agreement that is approved by the presiding officer that provides for an alternate agreement.
(4) If the support order does not include the provision ordering and directing that all payments be made to the Washington state support registry and a statement that withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits if a support payment is past due or at any time after the entry of the order, or that licensing privileges of the person required to pay support may not be renewed, or may be suspended, the division of child support may serve a notice on the person stating such requirements and authorizations. Service may be by personal service or any form of mail requiring a return receipt.
(5) Every support order shall state:
(a) The address where the support payment is to be sent;
(b) That withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and liens enforced against real and personal property under the child support statutes of this or any other state, without further notice to the person required to pay support at any time after entry of a support order, unless:
(i) One of the parties demonstrates, and the court finds, that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding; or
(ii) The parties reach a written agreement that is approved by the court that provides for an alternate arrangement;
(c) The income of the parties, if known, or that their income is unknown and the income upon which the support award is based;
(d) The support award as a sum certain amount;
(e) The specific day or date on which the support payment is due;
(f) The names and ages of the dependent children;
(g) A provision requiring both the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order, to keep the Washington state support registry informed of whether he or she has access to health care coverage at reasonable cost and, if so, the health care coverage information;
(h) That either or both the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order, shall be obligated to provide medical support for a child or children covered by the order through health care coverage if:
(i) The person obligated to provide medical support provides accessible coverage for the child or children through private or public health care coverage; or
(ii) Coverage that can be extended to cover the child or children is or becomes available to the person obligated to provide medical support through employment or is union-related; or
(iii) In the absence of such coverage, through an additional sum certain amount, as that obligated person's monthly payment toward the premium as provided under RCW 26.09.105;
(i) That a person obligated to provide medical support who is providing health care coverage must notify both the division of child support and the other party to the order when coverage terminates;
(j) That if proof of health care coverage or proof that the coverage is unavailable is not provided within ((twenty ))20 days, the person seeking enforcement or the department may seek direct enforcement of the coverage through the employer or union of the person required to provide medical support without further notice to the person as provided under chapter 26.18 RCW;
(k) The reasons for not ordering health care coverage if the order fails to require such coverage;
(l) That any privilege of the person required to pay support to obtain and maintain a license, as defined in RCW 74.20A.320, may not be renewed, or may be suspended if the person is not in compliance with a support order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320;
(m) That each party to the support order must:
(i) Promptly file with the court and update as necessary the confidential information form required by subsection (7) of this section; and
(ii) Provide the state case registry and update as necessary the information required by subsection (7) of this section; and
(n) That parties to administrative support orders shall provide to the state case registry and update as necessary their residential addresses and the address of the employer of the person required to pay support. The division of child support may adopt rules that govern the collection of parties' current residence and mailing addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, the names of the children, social security numbers of the children, dates of birth of the children, driver's license numbers, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the parties' employers to enforce an administrative support order. The division of child support shall not release this information if the division of child support determines that there is reason to believe that release of the information may result in physical or emotional harm to the party or to the child, or a restraining order or protective order is in effect to protect one party from the other party.
(6) After the person required to pay support has been ordered or notified to make payments to the Washington state support registry under this section, that person shall be fully responsible for making all payments to the Washington state support registry and shall be subject to payroll deduction or other income-withholding action. The person required to pay support shall not be entitled to credit against a support obligation for any payments made to a person or agency other than to the Washington state support registry except as provided under RCW 74.20.101. A civil action may be brought by the person required to pay support to recover payments made to persons or agencies who have received and retained support moneys paid contrary to the provisions of this section.
(7) All petitioners and parties to all court actions under chapters 26.09, 26.12, 26.18, 26.21A, 26.23, 26.26A, 26.26B, and 26.27 RCW and minor guardianships under chapter 11.130 RCW shall complete to the best of their knowledge a verified and signed confidential information form or equivalent that provides the parties' current residence and mailing addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the parties' employers, to ensure that the parties' information is added to the judicial information system's person database. The clerk of the court shall not accept petitions, except in parentage actions initiated by the state, orders of child support, decrees of dissolution, or parentage orders for filing in such actions unless accompanied by the confidential information form or equivalent, or unless the confidential information form or equivalent is already on file with the court clerk. In lieu of or in addition to requiring the parties to complete a separate confidential information form, the clerk may collect the information in electronic form. The clerk of the court shall transmit the confidential information form or its data to the division of child support with a copy of the order of child support or parentage order, and may provide copies of the confidential information form or its data and any related findings, decrees, parenting plans, orders, or other documents to the state administrative agency that administers Title IV-A, IV-D, IV-E, or XIX of the federal social security act. In state initiated parentage actions, the parties adjudicated the parents of the child or children shall complete the confidential information form or equivalent or the state's attorney of record may complete that form to the best of the attorney's knowledge.
(8) The department has rule-making authority to enact rules consistent with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 652(f) and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 666(a)(19) as amended by section 7307 of the deficit reduction act of 2005. Additionally, the department has rule-making authority to implement regulations required under 45 C.F.R. Parts 302, 303, 304, 305, and 308.
Sec. 10. RCW 74.20A.055 and 2020 c 227 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The secretary may, if there is no order that establishes a person's support obligation or specifically relieves the person required to pay support of a support obligation or pursuant to an establishment of parentage under chapter 26.26A or 26.26B RCW, serve on the person or persons required to pay support and the person entitled to receive support a notice and finding of financial responsibility requiring those persons to appear and show cause in an adjudicative proceeding why the finding of responsibility and/or the amount thereof is incorrect, should not be finally ordered, but should be rescinded or modified. This notice and finding shall relate to the support debt accrued and/or accruing under this chapter and/or RCW 26.16.205, including periodic payments to be made in the future. The hearing shall be held pursuant to this section, chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the rules of the department. A person who has physical custody of a child has the same rights under this section as a parent with whom the child resides.
(2) The notice and finding of financial responsibility shall be served in the same manner prescribed for the service of a summons in a civil action or may be served on the person required to pay support by certified mail, return receipt requested. The receipt shall be prima facie evidence of service. The notice shall be served upon the person required to pay support within ((sixty ))60 days from the date the state assumes responsibility for the support of the dependent child or children on whose behalf support is sought. If the notice is not served within ((sixty ))60 days from such date, the department shall lose the right to reimbursement of payments made after the ((sixty ))60 -day period and before the date of notification: PROVIDED, That if the department exercises reasonable efforts to locate the person required to pay support and is unable to do so the entire ((sixty ))60 -day period is tolled until such time as the person can be located. The notice may be served upon the person entitled to receive support who is the nonassistance applicant or public assistance recipient by first-class mail to the last known address. If the person entitled to receive support is not the nonassistance applicant or public assistance recipient, service shall be in the same manner as for the person required to pay support.
(3) The notice and finding of financial responsibility shall set forth the amount the department has determined the person required to pay support owes, the support debt accrued and/or accruing, and periodic payments to be made in the future. The notice and finding shall also include:
(a) A statement of the name of the person entitled to receive support and the name of the child or children for whom support is sought;
(b) A statement of the amount of periodic future support payments as to which financial responsibility is alleged;
(c) A statement that the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support may object to all or any part of the notice and finding, and file an application for an adjudicative proceeding to show cause why the terms set forth in the notice should not be ordered;
(d) A statement that, if neither the person required to pay support nor the person entitled to receive support files in a timely fashion an application for an adjudicative proceeding, the support debt and payments stated in the notice and finding, including periodic support payments in the future, shall be assessed and determined and ordered by the department and that this debt and amounts due under the notice shall be subject to collection action;
(e) A statement that the property of the person required to pay support, without further advance notice or hearing, will be subject to lien and foreclosure, distraint, seizure and sale, order to withhold and deliver, notice of payroll deduction or other collection action to satisfy the debt and enforce the support obligation established under the notice;
(f) A statement that the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order, are responsible for either:
(i) Providing health care coverage for the child if accessible coverage that can cover the child:
(A) Is available through health insurance or public health care coverage; or
(B) Is or becomes available to the obligated person through that person's employment or union; or
(ii) Paying a monthly payment toward the premium if no such coverage is available, as provided under RCW 26.09.105; ((and ))
(g) A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated to ten dollars per month per order as provided in RCW 26.09.320 if the person required to pay support is confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months, or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility; and
(h) A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated to $50 per month per child as provided in section 5 of this act if the person required to pay support is undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment issued under chapter 71.05 RCW .
(4) A person required to pay support or a person entitled to receive support who objects to the notice and finding of financial responsibility may file an application for an adjudicative proceeding within ((twenty ))20 days of the date of service of the notice or thereafter as provided under this subsection.
(a) If the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support files the application within ((twenty ))20 days, the office of administrative hearings shall schedule an adjudicative proceeding to hear the party's or parties' objection and determine the support obligation for the entire period covered by the notice and finding of financial responsibility. The filing of the application stays collection action pending the entry of a final administrative order;
(b) If both the person required to pay support and the person entitled to receive support fail to file an application within ((twenty ))20 days, the notice and finding shall become a final administrative order. The amounts for current and future support and the support debt stated in the notice are final and subject to collection, except as provided under (c) and (d) of this subsection;
(c) If the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support files the application more than ((twenty ))20 days after, but within one year of the date of service, the office of administrative hearings shall schedule an adjudicative proceeding to hear the party's or parties' objection and determine the support obligation for the entire period covered by the notice and finding of financial responsibility. The filing of the application does not stay further collection action, pending the entry of a final administrative order, and does not affect any prior collection action;
(d) If the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support files the application more than one year after the date of service, the office of administrative hearings shall schedule an adjudicative proceeding at which the party who requested the late hearing must show good cause for failure to file a timely application. The filing of the application does not stay future collection action and does not affect prior collection action:
(i) If the presiding officer finds that good cause exists, the presiding officer shall proceed to hear the party's objection to the notice and determine the support obligation;
(ii) If the presiding officer finds that good cause does not exist, the presiding officer shall treat the application as a petition for prospective modification of the amount for current and future support established under the notice and finding. In the modification proceeding, the presiding officer shall set current and future support under chapter 26.19 RCW. The petitioning party need show neither good cause nor a substantial change of circumstances to justify modification of current and future support;
(e) If the support obligation was based upon imputed median net income, the grant standard, or the family need standard, the division of child support may file an application for adjudicative proceeding more than ((twenty ))20 days after the date of service of the notice. The office of administrative hearings shall schedule an adjudicative proceeding and provide notice of the hearing to the person required to pay support and the person entitled to receive support. The presiding officer shall determine the support obligation for the entire period covered by the notice, based upon credible evidence presented by the division of child support, the person required to pay support, or the person entitled to receive support, or may determine that the support obligation set forth in the notice is correct. The division of child support demonstrates good cause by showing that the support obligation was based upon imputed median net income, the grant standard, or the family need standard. The filing of the application by the division of child support does not stay further collection action, pending the entry of a final administrative order, and does not affect any prior collection action;
(f) The department shall retain and/or shall not refund support money collected more than ((twenty ))20 days after the date of service of the notice. Money withheld as the result of collection action shall be delivered to the department. The department shall distribute such money, as provided in published rules.
(5) If an application for an adjudicative proceeding is filed, the presiding or reviewing officer shall determine the past liability and responsibility, if any, of the person required to pay support and shall also determine the amount of periodic payments to be made in the future, which amount is not limited by the amount of any public assistance payment made to or for the benefit of the child. If deviating from the child support schedule in making these determinations, the presiding or reviewing officer shall apply the standards contained in the child support schedule and enter written findings of fact supporting the deviation.
(6) If either the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support fails to attend or participate in the hearing or other stage of an adjudicative proceeding, upon a showing of valid service, the presiding officer shall enter an order of default against each party who did not appear and may enter an administrative order declaring the support debt and payment provisions stated in the notice and finding of financial responsibility to be assessed and determined and subject to collection action. The parties who appear may enter an agreed settlement or consent order, which may be different than the terms of the department's notice. Any party who appears may choose to proceed to the hearing, after the conclusion of which the presiding officer or reviewing officer may enter an order that is different than the terms stated in the notice, if the obligation is supported by credible evidence presented by any party at the hearing.
(7) The final administrative order establishing liability and/or future periodic support payments shall be superseded upon entry of a superior court order for support to the extent the superior court order is inconsistent with the administrative order.
(8) Debts determined pursuant to this section, accrued and not paid, are subject to collection action under this chapter without further necessity of action by a presiding or reviewing officer.
(9) The department has rule-making authority to enact rules consistent with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 652(f) and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 666(a)(19) as amended by section 7307 of the deficit reduction act of 2005. Additionally, the department has rule-making authority to implement regulations required under 45 C.F.R. Parts 302, 303, 304, 305, and 308.
Sec. 11. RCW 74.20A.056 and 2020 c 227 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)(a) If an acknowledged parent has signed an acknowledgment of parentage that has been filed with the state registrar of vital statistics:
(i) The division of child support may serve a notice and finding of financial responsibility under RCW 74.20A.055 based on the acknowledgment. The division of child support shall attach a copy of the acknowledgment or certification of the birth record information advising of the existence of a filed acknowledgment of parentage to the notice;
(ii) The notice shall include a statement that the acknowledged parent or any other signatory may commence a proceeding in court to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment or denial of parentage under RCW 26.26A.235 and 26.26A.240;
(iii) A statement that the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order, are responsible for providing health care coverage for the child if accessible coverage that can be extended to cover the child is or becomes available to the obligated person through employment or is union-related as provided under RCW 26.09.105;
(iv) The party commencing the action to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment or denial must serve notice on the division of child support and the office of the prosecuting attorney in the county in which the proceeding is commenced. Commencement of a proceeding to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment or denial stays the establishment of the notice and finding of financial responsibility, if the notice has not yet become a final order; ((and ))
(v) A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated to ((ten dollars ))$10 per month per order as provided in RCW 26.09.320 if the person required to pay support is confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months, or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility; and
(vi) A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated to $50 per month per child as provided in section 5 of this act if the person required to pay support is undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment issued under chapter 71.05 RCW .
(b) If neither party to the notice files an application for an adjudicative proceeding or the signatories to the acknowledgment or denial do not commence a proceeding to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment of parentage, the amount of support stated in the notice and finding of financial responsibility becomes final, subject only to a subsequent determination under RCW 26.26A.400 through 26.26A.515 that the parent-child relationship does not exist. The division of child support does not refund nor return any amounts collected under a notice that becomes final under this section or RCW 74.20A.055, even if a court later determines that the acknowledgment is void.
(c) An acknowledged parent or other party to the notice who objects to the amount of support requested in the notice may file an application for an adjudicative proceeding up to ((twenty ))20 days after the date the notice was served. An application for an adjudicative proceeding may be filed within one year of service of the notice and finding of parental responsibility without the necessity for a showing of good cause or upon a showing of good cause thereafter. An adjudicative proceeding under this section shall be pursuant to RCW 74.20A.055. The only issues shall be the amount of the accrued debt and the amount of the current and future support obligation.
(i) If the application for an adjudicative proceeding is filed within ((twenty ))20 days of service of the notice, collection action shall be stayed pending a final decision by the department.
(ii) If the application for an adjudicative proceeding is not filed within ((twenty ))20 days of the service of the notice, any amounts collected under the notice shall be neither refunded nor returned if the person required to pay support under the notice is later found not to be required to pay support.
(d) If neither the acknowledged parent nor the person entitled to receive support requests an adjudicative proceeding, or if no timely action is brought to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment or denial after service of the notice, the notice of financial responsibility becomes final for all intents and purposes and may be overturned only by a subsequent superior court order entered under RCW 26.26A.400 through 26.26A.515.
(2) Acknowledgments of parentage are subject to requirements of chapters 26.26A, 26.26B, and 70.58A RCW.
(3) The department and the department of health may adopt rules to implement the requirements under this section.
(4) The department has rule-making authority to enact rules consistent with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 652(f) and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 666(a)(19) as amended by section 7307 of the deficit reduction act of 2005. Additionally, the department has rule-making authority to implement regulations required under 45 C.F.R. Parts 302, 303, 304, 305, and 308.
Sec. 12. RCW 74.20A.059 and 2020 c 227 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The department, the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support, or the person required to pay support may petition for a prospective modification of a final administrative order if:
(a) The administrative order has not been superseded by a superior court order; and
(b) There has been a substantial change of circumstances, except as provided under RCW 74.20A.055(4)(d) or subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The department, the person entitled to receive support, the payee under the order, or ((the )): (a) The person required to pay support may petition for a prospective modification of a final administrative order if the person required to pay support is currently confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility, and the support order does not contain language regarding abatement due to incarceration; or (b) the person required to pay support is currently undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment issued under chapter 71.05 RCW and the support order does not contain language regarding abatement due to incapacitation .
(((a) ))(i) The petition may be filed at any time after the administrative support order became a final order, as long as the person required to pay support is currently incarcerated or undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment .
(((b) ))(ii) As part of the petition for modification, the petitioner may also request that the support obligation be abated to ((ten dollars ))$10 per month per order due to incarceration, as provided in RCW 26.09.320, or abated to $50 per month per child due to incapacitation, as provided in section 5 of this act .
(3) An order of child support may be modified at any time without a showing of substantially changed circumstances if incarceration of the person required to pay support is the basis for the inconsistency between the existing child support order amount and the amount of support determined as a result of a review.
(4) An order of child support may be modified one year or more after it has been entered without showing a substantial change of circumstances:
(a) If the order in practice works a severe economic hardship on either party or the child; or
(b) If a child is a full-time student and reasonably expected to complete secondary school or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training before the child becomes ((nineteen ))19 years of age upon a finding that there is a need to extend support beyond the eighteenth birthday.
(5) An order may be modified without showing a substantial change of circumstances if the requested modification is to:
(a) Require medical support under RCW 26.09.105 for a child covered by the order;
(b) Modify an existing order for health care coverage; or
(c) Modify an existing order when the person required to pay support has been released from incarceration, as provided in RCW 26.09.320(3)(d), or when the person has been discharged from court-ordered behavioral health treatment issued under chapter 71.05 RCW, as provided in section 5 of this act .
(6) Support orders may be adjusted once every ((twenty-four ))24 months based upon changes in the income of the parties to the order without a showing of substantially changed circumstances. This provision does not mean that the income of a person entitled to receive support who is not a parent of the child or children covered by the order must be disclosed or be included in the calculations under chapter 26.19 RCW when determining the support obligation.
(7)(a) All administrative orders entered on, before, or after September 1, 1991, may be modified based upon changes in the child support schedule established in chapter 26.19 RCW without a substantial change of circumstances. The petition may be filed based on changes in the child support schedule after ((twelve ))12 months has expired from the entry of the administrative order or the most recent modification order setting child support, whichever is later. However, if a party is granted relief under this provision, ((twenty-four ))24 months must pass before another petition for modification may be filed pursuant to subsection (6) of this section.
(b) If, pursuant to subsection (6) of this section or (a) of this subsection, the order modifies a child support obligation by more than ((thirty ))30 percent and the change would cause significant hardship, the change may be implemented in two equal increments, one at the time of the entry of the order and the second six months from the entry of the order. Twenty-four months must pass following the second change before a petition for modification under subsection (6) of this section may be filed.
(8) An increase in the wage or salary of the person entitled to receive the support transfer payments is not a substantial change in circumstances for purposes of modification under subsection (1)(b) of this section. The voluntary unemployment or voluntary underemployment of the person required to pay support, by itself, is not a substantial change of circumstances. The income of the person entitled to receive support is only disclosed or considered if that person is a parent of the child or children covered by the order.
(9) The department shall file the petition and a supporting affidavit with the office of administrative hearings when the department petitions for modification.
(10) The person required to pay support or the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support shall follow the procedures in this chapter for filing an application for an adjudicative proceeding to petition for modification.
(11) Upon the filing of a proper petition or application, the office of administrative hearings shall issue an order directing each party to appear and show cause why the order should not be modified.
(12) If the presiding or reviewing officer finds a modification is appropriate, the officer shall modify the order and set current and future support under chapter 26.19 RCW.
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 13. (1) By January 1, 2026, the administrative office of the courts shall revise the child support worksheets and instructions to clarify language regarding how parties should round up income amounts consistent with the recommendations of the 2023 child support schedule work group.
(2) This section expires August 1, 2026.
Sec. 14. RCW 26.19.020 and 2018 c 150 s 301 are each amended to read as follows:
ECONOMIC TABLE
MONTHLY BASIC SUPPORT OBLIGATION
PER CHILD

combined
monthly
net
income
one
child
family
two
children
family

For income less than (($1000 ))$2,200 the obligation is based upon the resources and living expenses of each household. Minimum support may not be less than $50 per child per month except when allowed by RCW 26.19.065(2).

((1000
216
167

1100
238
184

1200
260
200

1300
281
217

1400
303
234

1500
325
251

1600
346
267

1700
368
284

1800
390
301

1900
412
317

2000
433
334

2100
455
350 ))

2200
477
367

2300
499
384

2400
521
400

2500
543
417

2600
565
433

2700
587
450

2800
609
467

2900
630
483

3000
652
500

3100
674
516

3200
696
533

3300
718
550

3400
740
566

3500
762
583

3600
784
599

3700
803
614

3800
816
624

3900
830
634

4000
843
643

4100
857
653

4200
867
660

4300
877
668

4400
887
675

4500
896
682

4600
906
689

4700
916
697

4800
927
705

4900
939
714

5000
951
723

5100
963
732

5200
975
741

5300
987
750

5400
999
759

5500
1011
768

5600
1023
777

5700
1030
782

5800
1036
786

5900
1042
791

6000
1048
795

6100
1054
800

6200
1061
804

6300
1067
809

6400
1073
813

6500
1081
819

6600
1096
830

6700
1111
842

6800
1126
853

6900
1141
864

7000
1156
875

7100
1170
886

7200
1185
898

7300
1200
909

7400
1212
918

7500
1222
925

7600
1231
932

7700
1241
939

7800
1251
946

7900
1261
953

8000
1270
960

8100
1280
968

8200
1290
975

8300
1299
981

8400
1308
987

8500
1316
994

8600
1325
1000

8700
1334
1007

8800
1343
1013

8900
1352
1019

9000
1361
1026

9100
1370
1032

9200
1379
1040

9300
1387
1047

9400
1396
1055

9500
1405
1062

9600
1414
1069

9700
1423
1077

9800
1432
1084

9900
1441
1092

10000
1451
1099

10100
1462
1107

10200
1473
1114

10300
1484
1122

10400
1495
1129

10500
1507
1136

10600
1518
1144

10700
1529
1151

10800
1539
1159

10900
1542
1161

11000
1545
1164

11100
1548
1166

11200
1551
1169

11300
1554
1172

11400
1556
1174

11500
1559
1177

11600
1562
1179

11700
1565
1182

11800
1568
1184

11900
1571
1187

12000
1573
1190

12100
1584
1199

12200
1594
1207

12300
1605
1216

12400
1616
1225

12500
1626
1233

12600
1637
1242

12700
1647
1251

12800
1657
1259

12900
1668
1268

13000
1678
1276

13100
1688
1285

13200
1699
1293

13300
1709
1302

13400
1719
1310

13500
1729
1319

13600
1739
1327

13700
1749
1335

13800
1759
1344

13900
1769
1352

14000
1779
1360

14100
1789
1369

14200
1799
1377

14300
1809
1385

14400
1818
1393

14500
1828
1402

14600
1838
1410

14700
1848
1418

14800
1857
1426

14900
1867
1434

15000
1876
1443

15100
1886
1451

15200
1895
1459

15300
1905
1467

15400
1914
1475

15500
1923
1483

15600
1933
1491

15700
1942
1499

15800
1951
1507

15900
1960
1515

16000
1969
1523

16100
1978
1531

16200
1987
1538

16300
1996
1546

16400
2005
1554

16500
2014
1562

16600
2023
1570

16700
2032
1578

16800
2041
1585

16900
2050
1593

17000
2058
1601

17100
2067
1609

17200
2076
1616

17300
2084
1624

17400
2093
1632

17500
2101
1639

17600
2110
1647

17700
2118
1654

17800
2127
1662

17900
2135
1669

18000
2143
1677

18100
2152
1685

18200
2160
1692

18300
2168
1699

18400
2176
1707

18500
2185
1714

18600
2193
1722

18700
2201
1729

18800
2209
1736

18900
2217
1744

19000
2225
1751

19100
2232
1758

19200
2240
1766

19300
2248
1773

19400
2256
1780

19500
2264
1788

19600
2271
1795

19700
2279
1802

19800
2287
1809

19900
2294
1816

20000
2302
1823

20100
2310
1830

20200
2318
1838

20300
2326
1845

20400
2334
1852

20500
2342
1859

20600
2350
1866

20700
2358
1873

20800
2366
1880

20900
2374
1887

21000
2382
1893

21100
2389
1900

21200
2396
1907

21300
2403
1914

21400
2410
1921

21500
2417
1928

21600
2424
1935

21700
2431
1941

21800
2438
1948

21900
2445
1955

22000
2452
1962

22100
2459
1968

22200
2466
1975

22300
2473
1982

22400
2480
1988

22500
2487
1995

22600
2494
2002

22700
2501
2008

22800
2508
2015

22900
2515
2021

23000
2522
2028

23100
2529
2034

23200
2536
2041

23300
2543
2047

23400
2550
2054

23500
2557
2060

23600
2564
2067

23700
2571
2073

23800
2578
2079

23900
2585
2086

24000
2592
2092

24100
2599
2098

24200
2606
2105

24300
2613
2111

24400
2620
2117

24500
2627
2123

24600
2634
2130

24700
2641
2136

24800
2648
2142

24900
2655
2148

25000
2662
2154

25100
2669
2160

25200
2676
2166

25300
2683
2172

25400
2690
2178

25500
2696
2184

25600
2702
2191

25700
2708
2196

25800
2714
2202

25900
2720
2208

26000
2726
2214

26100
2732
2220

26200
2738
2226

26300
2744
2232

26400
2750
2238

26500
2756
2244

26600
2762
2249

26700
2768
2255

26800
2774
2261

26900
2780
2267

27000
2786
2272

27100
2792
2278

27200
2798
2284

27300
2804
2290

27400
2810
2295

27500
2816
2301

27600
2822
2306

27700
2828
2312

27800
2834
2318

27900
2840
2323

28000
2846
2329

28100
2852
2334

28200
2858
2340

28300
2864
2345

28400
2870
2351

28500
2876
2356

28600
2882
2361

28700
2888
2367

28800
2894
2372

28900
2900
2378

29000
2906
2383

29100
2912
2388

29200
2918
2393

29300
2924
2399

29400
2930
2404

29500
2936
2409

29600
2942
2414

29700
2948
2420

29800
2954
2425

29900
2960
2430

30000
2966
2435

30100
2972
2440

30200
2978
2445

30300
2984
2450

30400
2990
2455

30500
2996
2460

30600
3002
2465

30700
3008
2470

30800
3014
2475

30900
3020
2480

31000
3026
2485

31100
3032
2490

31200
3038
2495

31300
3044
2500

31400
3050
2505

31500
3056
2509

31600
3062
2514

31700
3068
2519

31800
3074
2524

31900
3080
2529

32000
3086
2533

32100
3092
2538

32200
3098
2543

32300
3104
2547

32400
3110
2552

32500
3116
2557

32600
3122
2561

32700
3128
2566

32800
3134
2570

32900
3140
2575

33000
3146
2579

33100
3152
2584

33200
3158
2588

33300
3164
2593

33400
3170
2597

33500
3176
2602

33600
3182
2606

33700
3188
2611

33800
3194
2615

33900
3200
2619

34000
3206
2624

34100
3212
2628

34200
3218
2632

34300
3224
2637

34400
3230
2641

34500
3236
2645

34600
3242
2649

34700
3248
2653

34800
3253
2658

34900
3258
2662

35000
3263
2666

35100
3268
2670

35200
3273
2674

35300
3278
2678

35400
3283
2682

35500
3288
2686

35600
3293
2690

35700
3298
2694

35800
3303
2698

35900
3308
2702

36000
3313
2706

36100
3318
2710

36200
3323
2714

36300
3328
2718

36400
3333
2722

36500
3338
2725

36600
3343
2729

36700
3348
2733

36800
3353
2737

36900
3358
2740

37000
3363
2744

37100
3368
2748

37200
3373
2752

37300
3378
2755

37400
3383
2759

37500
3388
2762

37600
3393
2766

37700
3398
2770

37800
3403
2773

37900
3408
2777

38000
3413
2780

38100
3418
2784

38200
3423
2787

38300
3428
2791

38400
3433
2794

38500
3438
2798

38600
3443
2801

38700
3448
2804

38800
3453
2808

38900
3458
2811

39000
3463
2814

39100
3468
2818

39200
3473
2821

39300
3478
2824

39400
3483
2828

39500
3488
2831

39600
3493
2834

39700
3498
2837

39800
3503
2840

39900
3508
2844

40000
3513
2847

40100
3518
2850

40200
3523
2853

40300
3528
2856

40400
3533
2859

40500
3538
2862

40600
3543
2865

40700
3548
2868

40800
3553
2871

40900
3558
2874

41000
3563
2877

41100
3568
2880

41200
3573
2883

41300
3578
2885

41400
3583
2888

41500
3588
2891

41600
3593
2894

41700
3598
2897

41800
3603
2900

41900
3607
2902

42000
3611
2905

42100
3615
2908

42200
3619
2910

42300
3623
2913

42400
3627
2916

42500
3631
2918

42600
3635
2921

42700
3639
2924

42800
3643
2926

42900
3647
2929

43000
3651
2931

43100
3655
2934

43200
3659
2936

43300
3663
2939

43400
3667
2941

43500
3671
2943

43600
3675
2946

43700
3679
2948

43800
3683
2951

43900
3687
2953

44000
3691
2955

44100
3695
2958

44200
3699
2960

44300
3703
2962

44400
3707
2964

44500
3711
2967

44600
3715
2969

44700
3719
2971

44800
3723
2973

44900
3727
2975

45000
3731
2977

45100
3735
2980

45200
3739
2982

45300
3743
2984

45400
3747
2986

45500
3751
2988

45600
3755
2990

45700
3759
2992

45800
3763
2994

45900
3767
2996

46000
3771
2998

46100
3775
3000

46200
3779
3001

46300
3783
3003

46400
3787
3005

46500
3791
3007

46600
3795
3009

46700
3799
3011

46800
3803
3012

46900
3807
3014

47000
3811
3016

47100
3815
3018

47200
3819
3019

47300
3823
3021

47400
3827
3023

47500
3831
3024

47600
3835
3026

47700
3839
3027

47800
3843
3029

47900
3847
3030

48000
3851
3032

48100
3855
3034

48200
3859
3035

48300
3863
3036

48400
3867
3038

48500
3871
3039

48600
3874
3041

48700
3877
3042

48800
3880
3043

48900
3883
3045

49000
3886
3046

49100
3889
3047

49200
3892
3049

49300
3895
3050

49400
3898
3051

49500
3901
3052

49600
3904
3054

49700
3907
3055

49800
3910
3056

49900
3913
3057

50000
3916
3058

combined
monthly
net
income
three
children
family
four
children
family
five
children
family

For income less than (($1000 ))$2,200 the obligation is based upon the resources and living expenses of each household. Minimum support may not be less than $50 per child per month except when allowed by RCW 26.19.065(2).

((1000
136
114
100

1100
150
125
110

1200
163
137
120

1300
177
148
130

1400
191
160
141

1500
204
171
151

1600
218
182
161

1700
231
194
171

1800
245
205
180

1900
258
216
190

2000
271
227
200

2100
285
239
210 ))

2200
298
250
220

2300
311
261
230

2400
325
272
239

2500
338
283
249

2600
351
294
259

2700
365
305
269

2800
378
317
279

2900
391
328
288

3000
405
339
298

3100
418
350
308

3200
431
361
318

3300
444
372
328

3400
458
384
337

3500
471
395
347

3600
484
406
357

3700
496
416
366

3800
503
422
371

3900
511
428
377

4000
518
434
382

4100
526
440
388

4200
531
445
392

4300
537
450
396

4400
543
455
400

4500
548
459
404

4600
554
464
408

4700
559
469
412

4800
566
474
417

4900
573
480
422

5000
580
486
428

5100
587
492
433

5200
594
498
438

5300
602
504
443

5400
609
510
449

5500
616
516
454

5600
623
522
459

5700
627
525
462

5800
630
528
465

5900
634
531
467

6000
637
534
470

6100
641
537
472

6200
644
540
475

6300
648
543
477

6400
651
545
480

6500
656
549
483

6600
665
557
490

6700
674
564
497

6800
683
572
503

6900
692
579
510

7000
701
587
516

7100
710
594
523

7200
719
602
530

7300
727
609
536

7400
734
615
541

7500
740
620
545

7600
745
624
549

7700
751
629
554

7800
756
634
558

7900
762
638
562

8000
767
643
566

8100
773
647
570

8200
778
652
574

8300
783
656
577

8400
788
660
581

8500
793
664
584

8600
797
668
588

8700
802
672
591

8800
807
676
595

8900
812
680
599

9000
817
684
602

9100
822
689
606

9200
828
694
611

9300
835
699
616

9400
841
705
620

9500
848
710
625

9600
854
716
630

9700
861
721
635

9800
867
727
639

9900
874
732
644

10000
879
737
648

10100
885
741
652

10200
890
745
656

10300
895
750
660

10400
900
754
664

10500
906
759
668

10600
911
763
672

10700
916
767
675

10800
921
772
679

10900
924
774
681

11000
926
776
683

11100
928
778
684

11200
931
780
686

11300
933
782
688

11400
936
784
690

11500
938
786
692

11600
940
788
693

11700
943
790
695

11800
945
792
697

11900
948
794
699

12000
950
796
700

12100
957
802
705

12200
964
808
711

12300
971
814
716

12400
978
820
721

12500
985
826
727

12600
992
832
732

12700
999
838
737

12800
1007
844
743

12900
1014
850
748

13000
1021
856
753

13100
1027
862
758

13200
1034
868
764

13300
1041
874
769

13400
1048
879
774

13500
1055
885
779

13600
1062
891
785

13700
1069
897
790

13800
1076
903
795

13900
1083
909
800

14000
1090
915
805

14100
1097
920
811

14200
1103
926
816

14300
1110
932
821

14400
1117
938
826

14500
1124
944
831

14600
1131
949
836

14700
1137
955
842

14800
1144
961
847

14900
1151
967
852

15000
1158
973
857

15100
1164
978
862

15200
1171
984
867

15300
1178
990
872

15400
1184
995
877

15500
1191
1001
882

15600
1198
1007
888

15700
1204
1012
893

15800
1211
1018
898

15900
1217
1024
903

16000
1224
1029
908

16100
1231
1035
913

16200
1237
1041
918

16300
1244
1046
923

16400
1250
1052
928

16500
1257
1057
933

16600
1263
1063
938

16700
1270
1069
943

16800
1276
1074
948

16900
1283
1080
953

17000
1289
1085
958

17100
1296
1091
963

17200
1302
1096
968

17300
1308
1102
972

17400
1315
1107
977

17500
1321
1113
982

17600
1328
1118
987

17700
1334
1124
992

17800
1340
1129
997

17900
1347
1135
1002

18000
1353
1140
1007

18100
1359
1145
1012

18200
1366
1151
1017

18300
1372
1156
1021

18400
1378
1162
1026

18500
1384
1167
1031

18600
1391
1172
1036

18700
1397
1178
1041

18800
1403
1183
1046

18900
1409
1188
1050

19000
1416
1194
1055

19100
1422
1199
1060

19200
1428
1204
1065

19300
1434
1210
1069

19400
1440
1215
1074

19500
1446
1220
1079

19600
1452
1226
1084

19700
1458
1231
1088

19800
1465
1236
1093

19900
1471
1241
1098

20000
1477
1247
1103

20100
1483
1252
1107

20200
1489
1257
1112

20300
1495
1262
1117

20400
1501
1268
1121

20500
1507
1273
1126

20600
1513
1278
1131

20700
1519
1283
1135

20800
1525
1288
1140

20900
1531
1293
1145

21000
1537
1299
1149

21100
1542
1304
1154

21200
1548
1309
1159

21300
1554
1314
1163

21400
1560
1319
1168

21500
1566
1324
1172

21600
1572
1329
1177

21700
1578
1334
1182

21800
1583
1339
1186

21900
1589
1344
1191

22000
1595
1349
1195

22100
1601
1354
1200

22200
1607
1359
1204

22300
1612
1364
1209

22400
1618
1369
1213

22500
1624
1374
1218

22600
1629
1379
1223

22700
1635
1384
1227

22800
1641
1389
1232

22900
1647
1394
1236

23000
1652
1399
1240

23100
1658
1404
1245

23200
1663
1409
1249

23300
1669
1414
1254

23400
1675
1419
1258

23500
1680
1424
1263

23600
1686
1429
1267

23700
1691
1433
1272

23800
1697
1438
1276

23900
1702
1443
1280

24000
1708
1448
1285

24100
1714
1453
1289

24200
1719
1458
1294

24300
1724
1462
1298

24400
1730
1467
1302

24500
1735
1472
1307

24600
1741
1477
1311

24700
1746
1482
1315

24800
1752
1486
1320

24900
1757
1491
1324

25000
1762
1496
1328

25100
1768
1501
1333

25200
1773
1505
1337

25300
1779
1510
1341

25400
1784
1515
1346

25500
1789
1519
1350

25600
1795
1524
1354

25700
1800
1529
1358

25800
1805
1533
1363

25900
1810
1538
1367

26000
1816
1543
1371

26100
1821
1547
1375

26200
1826
1552
1380

26300
1831
1557
1384

26400
1837
1561
1388

26500
1842
1566
1392

26600
1847
1570
1396

26700
1852
1575
1401

26800
1857
1579
1405

26900
1862
1584
1409

27000
1867
1589
1413

27100
1873
1593
1417

27200
1878
1598
1421

27300
1883
1602
1425

27400
1888
1607
1430

27500
1893
1611
1434

27600
1898
1616
1438

27700
1903
1620
1442

27800
1908
1624
1446

27900
1913
1629
1450

28000
1918
1633
1454

28100
1923
1638
1458

28200
1928
1642
1462

28300
1933
1647
1466

28400
1938
1651
1470

28500
1943
1655
1474

28600
1948
1660
1478

28700
1953
1664
1482

28800
1957
1668
1486

28900
1962
1673
1490

29000
1967
1677
1494

29100
1972
1681
1498

29200
1977
1686
1502

29300
1982
1690
1506

29400
1986
1694
1510

29500
1991
1699
1514

29600
1996
1703
1518

29700
2001
1707
1522

29800
2006
1712
1526

29900
2010
1716
1530

30000
2015
1720
1534

30100
2020
1724
1538

30200
2024
1728
1542

30300
2029
1733
1546

30400
2034
1737
1550

30500
2038
1741
1553

30600
2043
1745
1557

30700
2048
1749
1561

30800
2052
1754
1565

30900
2057
1758
1569

31000
2061
1762
1573

31100
2066
1766
1577

31200
2071
1770
1580

31300
2075
1774
1584

31400
2080
1778
1588

31500
2084
1782
1592

31600
2089
1786
1596

31700
2093
1791
1599

31800
2098
1795
1603

31900
2102
1799
1607

32000
2107
1803
1611

32100
2111
1807
1614

32200
2116
1811
1618

32300
2120
1815
1622

32400
2124
1819
1626

32500
2129
1823
1629

32600
2133
1827
1633

32700
2137
1831
1637

32800
2142
1835
1640

32900
2146
1839
1644

33000
2150
1843
1648

33100
2155
1846
1651

33200
2159
1850
1655

33300
2163
1854
1659

33400
2168
1858
1662

33500
2172
1862
1666

33600
2176
1866
1670

33700
2180
1870
1673

33800
2185
1874
1677

33900
2189
1877
1681

34000
2193
1881
1684

34100
2197
1885
1688

34200
2201
1889
1691

34300
2205
1893
1695

34400
2210
1897
1698

34500
2214
1900
1702

34600
2218
1904
1706

34700
2222
1908
1709

34800
2226
1912
1713

34900
2230
1915
1716

35000
2234
1919
1720

35100
2238
1923
1723

35200
2242
1927
1727

35300
2246
1930
1730

35400
2250
1934
1734

35500
2254
1938
1737

35600
2258
1941
1741

35700
2262
1945
1744

35800
2266
1949
1748

35900
2270
1952
1751

36000
2274
1956
1754

36100
2278
1960
1758

36200
2282
1963
1761

36300
2286
1967
1765

36400
2290
1970
1768

36500
2293
1974
1771

36600
2297
1978
1775

36700
2301
1981
1778

36800
2305
1985
1782

36900
2309
1988
1785

37000
2312
1992
1788

37100
2316
1995
1792

37200
2320
1999
1795

37300
2324
2002
1798

37400
2328
2006
1802

37500
2331
2009
1805

37600
2335
2013
1808

37700
2339
2016
1812

37800
2342
2020
1815

37900
2346
2023
1818

38000
2350
2027
1821

38100
2353
2030
1825

38200
2357
2034
1828

38300
2361
2037
1831

38400
2364
2040
1834

38500
2368
2044
1838

38600
2371
2047
1841

38700
2375
2050
1844

38800
2378
2054
1847

38900
2382
2057
1851

39000
2385
2061
1854

39100
2389
2064
1857

39200
2393
2067
1860

39300
2396
2070
1863

39400
2399
2074
1867

39500
2403
2077
1870

39600
2406
2080
1873

39700
2410
2084
1876

39800
2413
2087
1879

39900
2417
2090
1882

40000
2420
2093
1885

40100
2423
2097
1888

40200
2427
2100
1892

40300
2430
2103
1895

40400
2433
2106
1898

40500
2437
2109
1901

40600
2440
2113
1904

40700
2443
2116
1907

40800
2447
2119
1910

40900
2450
2122
1913

41000
2453
2125
1916

41100
2456
2128
1919

41200
2460
2131
1922

41300
2463
2135
1925

41400
2466
2138
1928

41500
2469
2141
1931

41600
2472
2144
1934

41700
2476
2147
1937

41800
2479
2150
1940

41900
2482
2153
1943

42000
2485
2156
1946

42100
2488
2159
1949

42200
2491
2162
1952

42300
2494
2165
1955

42400
2497
2168
1958

42500
2500
2171
1961

42600
2503
2174
1964

42700
2506
2177
1966

42800
2510
2180
1969

42900
2513
2183
1972

43000
2515
2186
1975

43100
2518
2189
1978

43200
2521
2192
1981

43300
2524
2195
1984

43400
2527
2197
1987

43500
2530
2200
1989

43600
2533
2203
1992

43700
2536
2206
1995

43800
2539
2209
1998

43900
2542
2212
2001

44000
2545
2215
2003

44100
2548
2217
2006

44200
2550
2220
2009

44300
2553
2223
2012

44400
2556
2226
2015

44500
2559
2229
2017

44600
2562
2231
2020

44700
2564
2234
2023

44800
2567
2237
2026

44900
2570
2240
2028

45000
2572
2243
2031

45100
2575
2245
2034

45200
2578
2248
2036

45300
2581
2251
2039

45400
2583
2253
2042

45500
2586
2256
2044

45600
2589
2259
2047

45700
2591
2261
2050

45800
2594
2264
2052

45900
2596
2267
2055

46000
2599
2269
2058

46100
2602
2272
2060

46200
2604
2275
2063

46300
2607
2277
2066

46400
2609
2280
2068

46500
2612
2282
2071

46600
2614
2285
2073

46700
2617
2288
2076

46800
2619
2290
2079

46900
2622
2293
2081

47000
2624
2295
2084

47100
2627
2298
2086

47200
2629
2300
2089

47300
2631
2303
2091

47400
2634
2305
2094

47500
2636
2308
2096

47600
2639
2310
2099

47700
2641
2313
2101

47800
2643
2315
2104

47900
2646
2318
2106

48000
2648
2320
2109

48100
2650
2322
2111

48200
2653
2325
2114

48300
2655
2327
2116

48400
2657
2330
2119

48500
2659
2332
2121

48600
2662
2334
2123

48700
2664
2337
2126

48800
2666
2339
2128

48900
2668
2341
2131

49000
2670
2344
2133

49100
2673
2346
2136

49200
2675
2348
2138

49300
2677
2351
2140

49400
2679
2353
2143

49500
2681
2355
2145

49600
2683
2358
2147

49700
2685
2360
2150

49800
2688
2362
2152

49900
2690
2364
2154

50000
2692
2367
2157

The economic table is presumptive for combined monthly net incomes up to and including ((twelve thousand dollars ))$50,000 . When combined monthly net income exceeds ((twelve thousand dollars ))$50,000 , the court may exceed the presumptive amount of support set for combined monthly net incomes of ((twelve thousand dollars ))$50,000 upon written findings of fact.
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 15. The department of social and health services is granted rule-making authority to adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this act.
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 16. Sections 1 through 3 and 14 of this act take effect January 1, 2026.
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 17. Sections 4 through 12 of this act take effect April 1, 2027.
Passed by the House March 11, 2025.
Passed by the Senate April 16, 2025.
Approved by the Governor May 13, 2025.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 14, 2025.