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Sec. 4. 19-A MRSA §2006, sub-§8, ¶¶E and F, as enacted by PL 1995, c.
694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

 
E. If each child for whom a parental support obligation is
being established has attained 12 years of age, a specific
sum to be paid depending on the number of minor children
remaining with the primary care provider. Because the
support guidelines are based on the actual costs of raising
a given number of children in a household, the order must
provide a specific dollar amount for every combination of
minor children. The Except as provided in paragraph G, the
court or hearing officer may not apportion support between
the parents by determining the parental support obligation
amount and dividing by the total number of children; and

 
F. If the court or hearing officer ultimately determines
that the order for current support is to be set under
section 2007, the court or hearing officer shall incorporate
into the order its the written findings of the court or
hearing officer in support of the deviation.; and

 
Sec. 5. 19-A MRSA §2006, sub-§8, ¶G is enacted to read:

 
G.__With regard to any initial or modified child support
order that affects more than one child and that was entered
before January 18, 2005, unless that order states the manner
in which the order must be modified upon the events listed
in subparagraphs (1) to (4), that the order be automatically
modified pursuant to this paragraph to address any of the
following events:

 
(1)__Any child reaches 18 years of age and has
graduated from secondary school;

 
(2)__Any child reaches 19 years of age without having
graduated from secondary school;

 
(3)__Any child obtains an order of emancipation; or

 
(4)__Any child dies.

 
As of the date of an event listed in subparagraphs (1) to
(4), the total child support amount stated in the order must
be decreased by the child support amount assigned to that
child in the worksheets accompanying the child support order
or as set forth in the order.

 
Sec. 6. 19-A MRSA §2009, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B,
§2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:


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