Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §2006, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 415, §8, is further amended to read:

4. Computation of parental support obligation. The total basic support obligation must be divided between the parties in proportion to their respective gross incomes. The court or hearing officer shall order the party not providing primary residential care to pay, in money, that party's share of the total basic support obligation to the party providing primary residential care. The primary residential care provider is presumed to spend the primary care provider's share directly on each child. If the court or hearing officer determines that the parties provide substantially equal care for a child for whom support is sought, presumptive support must be calculated in accordance with subsection 5, paragraph D-1. Both parents are responsible for child support if a caretaker relative provides primary residential care for the child.__The caretaker relative's income may not be considered in determining the parents' child support obligation.

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