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Child-support overhaul debated: sponsors push formulaic parenting-time factor, advocates urge caution
Summary
Representative Sabourin Deshauney reintroduced HB 17-62 to add a parenting-time factor to child-support calculations. The Bureau of Child Support Services said a vendor review is underway; legal-aid advocates and other witnesses urged reliance on the 2024 'special circumstances' change instead of embedding parenting time directly into the formula.
Representative Sabourin Deshauney opened HB 17-62 by noting New Hampshire is among a small number of states without a formulaic parenting-time adjustment and said a statutory change would bring greater clarity to support calculations.
Matthew Hayes, staff attorney and legislative liaison for the Bureau of Child Support Services, told the committee the bureau is neutral on the bill, reminded members that a quadrennial child-support review was completed in 2022 and that a new vendor-driven review is underway with results…
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