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| | | An Act To Create a Uniform Approach to the Determination |
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| | | of Child Support When Parents Provide Substantially Equal |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §2001, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 3-A.__Enhanced support entitlement.__"Enhanced support | | entitlement" means the basic support entitlement multiplied by a | | factor of 1.5. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §2001, sub-§§6, 7 and 8, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, | | Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, are amended to read: |
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| | | 6. Parental support obligation. "Parental support | | obligation" means the portion of total basic or enhanced support | | obligation a party is ordered to pay in money as child support. |
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| | | 7. Primary residence. "Primary residence" means the | | residence of a child where that child receives residential care | | for more than 50% of the time on an annual basis if the parents | | do not provide substantially equal care as defined in subsection | | 8-A. |
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| | | 8. Primary residential care provider. "Primary residential | | care provider" means the party who provides residential care for | | a child for more than 50% of the time on an annual basis if the | | parents do not provide substantially equal care as defined in | | subsection 8-A. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §2001, sub-§8-A is enacted to read: |
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