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8-A.__Substantially equal care.__"Substantially equal care" means
that both parents participate substantially equally in the child's
total care, which may include, but is not limited to, the child's
residential, educational, recreational, child care and medical,
dental and mental health care needs.

 
Sec. 4. 19-A MRSA §2001, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt.
B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

 
10. Total basic support obligation. "Total basic support
obligation" means the sum of money determined by adding the basic
support entitlement, child care costs and, extraordinary medical
expenses and health insurance premiums.

 
Sec. 5. 19-A MRSA §2001, sub-§10-A is enacted to read:

 
10-A.__Total enhanced support obligation.__"Total enhanced
support obligation" means the sum of money determined by
calculating the enhanced support entitlement.__"Total enhanced
support obligation" does not include child care costs,
extraordinary medical expenses and health insurance premiums.

 
Sec. 6. 19-A MRSA §2005, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2
and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

 
§2005. Rebuttable presumption

 
In a proceeding to establish or modify child support or to
establish an award for past support, there is a rebuttable
presumption that the parental support obligation derived from the
support guidelines is the amount ordered to be paid, unless
support is established under section 2006, subsection 5 or
section 2007. The court or hearing officer shall review the
adequacy of a child support amount agreed to by the parties with
reference to the parental support obligation.

 
Sec. 7. 19-A MRSA §2006, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, c. 264, §3, is
further amended to read:

 
3. Total basic support obligation. The total basic support
obligation is determined by adding the child care costs, health
insurance premiums and extraordinary medical expenses to the
basic support entitlement as follows.

 
A. When each child is under the age of 12 years, the sums
actually being expended for child care costs must be added

 
to the basic support entitlement to determine the total
basic support obligation.


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