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                          HOUSE BILL 1619

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representative Appelwick

Read first time 02/01/95.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Revising child support provision for day care expenses.

    AN ACT Relating to proportionate sharing of child support expenses not included in the child support economic table; and amending RCW 26.19.080.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 26.19.080 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 2 s 7 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) Ordinary health care expenses are included in the economic table.  Monthly health care expenses that exceed five percent of the basic support obligation shall be considered extraordinary health care expenses.  Extraordinary health care expenses shall be shared by the parents in the same proportion as the basic child support obligation.

    (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 a child support obligor pays more than his or her proportionate share of the actual expenses of day care or any other special child-rearing expense for which he or she is ordered to pay, the obligor shall be entitled to credit in the amount of the overpayment.

    (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.

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