Guidelines Part 1

Child Support Guidelines

Shaina Scoggins and Chance Wimberley

Child Support Services

Programs Field Representative​

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• Spin the wheel

• Pencil and paper​

• Communicate if stepping away​

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Objectives

●Understand the purpose of the Guidelines 

●Become familiar with finding Oklahoma statute about Guidelines 

●Understand basic terms

●Demonstrate basic ways of calculating income

●Understand basic case research​

●Know the differences and similarities in the Excel Guidelines and OSIS GLS 

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Basic Terms Activity

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​2 Versions of the Guidelines

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• already in OSIS

• very intuitive

• ALC pulls from here

• ​one step

​OSIS GLS

• available to the public

• ​looks different

• insurance premium calculator​

• might need to update OSIS too

​Excel

Both Excel and OSIS GLS yield the same result.​

Legal Authority

Oklahoma Child Support Guidelines can be found at www.oscn.net

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Title 43 O.S. § 118-120

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​scope and purpose

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assumptions about what is included​

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43 O.S. § 118

All families incur certain child-rearing costs and includes an average amount to cover these for various levels of the parents' combined income and number of children, comprised of housing, food, transportation, basic public educational expenses, clothing, and entertainment.

Assumptions

The standard method for setting child support obligations is based on the income of the parent(s) and other factors determined by state law.

​Purpose

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Definitions​

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43 O.S. § 118A

determination of income​

• ​Gross Income

• Inclusions and Exclusions

• Imputed Income

• Income from Self Employment

• Social Security Title II Benefits

• Veterans Disability Compensation Benefits​

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43 O.S. § 118B

Types of Income

• Earned Income

• Passive Income

• Specifically Excluded Income​

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Calculating Income

• Actual Monthly Income

• Averaged Monthly Income

• Imputed Income​

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Calculate Actual Monthly Income

Larry makes $15.75 an hour and works an average of 38 hours each week.

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Calculate Actual Monthly Income

Susan works two part-time jobs. One job makes $10.00 an hour and averages 10 hours each week. The second job makes $9.50 and hour with an average of 20 hours each week.

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How would you calculate income with these quarterly wages? What amount did you determine for monthly income?

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How would you calculate income with these quarterly wages?

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Shawn lives in southeastern Oklahoma and is a logging equipment operator. Use https://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm to determine monthly income information.

​Income Activity

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Expectations

• Participate and engage in conversation.

• Be prepared to answer questions and discuss how your group determined income​

​Activity

• You will be sent to breakout rooms.

• Your group will need to assign a spokesperson.

• Calculate income based on the information provided and what you have learned about calculating income.​

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Group Questions & Assignments

Groups 1 & 6: Roger Boheme

Groups 2 & 7: Jimmy Neutron

Groups 3 & 8: Fred Flintstone

Groups 4 & 9: Elmer Fudd

Groups 5 & 10: DJ Tanner​

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​Be prepared to answer:

1. ​What method of determining income did your group use?

2. What monthly income amount did your group come up with?

​Income Activity Responses

Groups 1 & 6: Roger Boheme

Groups 2 & 7: Jimmy Neutron

Groups 3 & 8: Fred Flintstone

Groups 4 & 9: Elmer Fudd

Groups 5 & 10: DJ Tanner​

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Parts 2 & 3 Survey

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ZHgwmpg-CE-5CnKLYs8yxSfyMMabs19Ag6L21Pp5UINUMTZNQ1BFSE5HUk02VjlWS0pNRkNXNjJMMy4u

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Break Time

10 minutes​

Some text here about the topic of discussion

43 O.S. § 118C

Credit for other children

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Sets forth two classes of children for whom credit may be given:

1. Children under a previous support order (out-of-home children)

2. Legal children in parent's home (in-home children)

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​Credit for Other Support Paid

If the case is in Oklahoma, you access the pay history on the CFRRX screen.​

​Make sure you are only looking at payments received over a 12 month period.

​Credit for Other Support Paid

You will only be considering payments made that were credited toward current support.

​Credit for Other Support Paid

Now, divide the total receipts amount for current support and divide by 12.

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$5,314.99/12=

$442.92​

​Credit for Other Support Paid

43 O.S. § 118D

Calculations of child support guidelines

• Clarifies that physical custody determines the child support obligation regardless of the legal status (joint custody, etc.)

• Miscellaneous provisions moved to this section (transportation expenses, SOSO form, etc.)

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43 O.S. § 118E

Parenting Time Adjustment

• Base support amount will change if over 121 overnights

• Adjustment given for overnights.

  • presumptive rather than mandatory

• CP may have child support obligation if he/she has the child less than 60% of the time

• Provides remedy for CP if NCP fails to exercise ordered overnights​

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Medical Support

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• Clarifies that court must set medical support order (required by Federal Deficit Reduction Act)

• Defines "health care coverage​"​

• Defines "reasonable in cost"

• Defines "accessible health care coverage"​

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43 O.S. § 118F

43 O.S. § 118F- Reasonable

"Reasonable in cost" means that the pro rata share of the actual premium cost for the child or children paid by the insured does not exceed five percent (5%) of the gross income of the responsible parent. To calculate the actual premium cost of the health insurance, the court shall:

1. ​deduct from the total insurance premium the cost of coverage for the parent and any other adults in the household

2. ​divide the remainder by the number of dependent children being covered, and

3. ​multiply the amount per child by the number of children in the child support case under consideration.

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OSIS is ​does much of the work for us:

• ​​Pro rata share:

  • Father 70%

  • Mother 30%

Premium: $180

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Father's Pro Rata Share:

$180 x .7 = $126

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5% of Father's income: $175.00

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Is this affordable?​

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Premium: $260

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Father's Pro Rata Share:

$180 x .7 = $182

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5% of Father's income: $175.00

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OSIS gives us a warning!​

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​providers available to meet primary individual health care needs of children no more than 60 miles one way from primary residence of children

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if a parent has available heath care coverage which includes an option that would be accessible to the child, but the parent has not enrolled the children in that option, the court may require them to do so​

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43 O.S. § II8F- Accessible

Gives remedy for overpayment/underpayment due to changes in cost of insurance

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Sets deadline for exchange of proof of expense for unreimbursed medical costs (45 days)​

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43 O.S. § 118F​

Child care expenses

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DHS child care subsidy and private pay to be treated equally

• NCP's pro-rata share to added to base child support​

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43 O.S. § 118G

43 O.S. § 118H

Deviation Factors

• Allows deviation if in the best interest of the child and other factors are present

• Requires findings by court when deviating

• Allows deviation for:

  • extreme economic hardship

  • extraordinary medical needs of child in parent's home

  • children in foster care

• Deviation for extraordinary educational expenses and other extracurricular expenses

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43 O.S. § 118I

Modification of Child Support Orders

• Brings together all previous existing language regarding modification into one section​ including when a child support order can be modified and the modification should be effective.

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​Scenario:

• 2 children

• NCP: $2400

• CP: $1500

• Combined: $3900

• NCP's percentage of income: $2400/$3900= .6154= 61.54%​

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Combined income base support for 2 children: $828.00

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NCP's portion of base support: ​$509.55

​Basic Case Research

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​EE Screen

​Obtain child care subsidy and copay information

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Note: If you cannot find income information, you may look on this screen​

CMM Screen

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Another way to see how many, and which children, are receiving child care in the F24 and F25 blocks.​

CM Screen

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Confirm family size for the household

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View to determine how many children are receiving child care.​

Multiple Children on Child Care Subsidy

Only give copay credit for the children on the case you're working.

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If there are children receiving the child care subsidy benefit that are not a part of the case you're working on, you must determine what amount to use.

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• Solution: (Copay/#of children receiving child care subsidy) number of children on your case receiving that benefit ​

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Multiple Choice

You are establishing an order for three children who are on child care subsidy. CP has four children in the household that are receiving the child care subsidy benefit. This CP has a copay of $226.00/mo. How much credit should be given for child care expenses?

• $56.50

• $113.00

• $169.50

• $226.00

​OSIS GLS and Excel Guidelines

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OSIS Guidelines

4 screens associated with OSIS for GLS transactions

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​GLS 4

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​GLS 1

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​GLS Menu

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​GLS 2

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​Child Support Guidelines Calculation Summary

Enter income and shared parenting information

Display-only for shared parenting information

Enter expenses and cash medical as well as complete guidelines​

GLS Menu

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Purpose

provides a summary of all guidelines calculations made to date for that FGN, identifies pending obligations​

​Screen Name

​Child Support Guidelines Calculation Summary​

Screen Access

GLS (FGN)​

GLS1

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Purpose

First page of the guidelines worksheet

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Used to enter income and shared parenting information​

​Screen Name

Guidelines Screen- Page 1

Screen Access

From GLS Menu use "S" to select

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GLS1 (FGN)​

GLS2

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Purpose

Display only

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Will only have values if you enter values for shared parenting (overnights) on GLS1​

​Screen Name

Guidelines Screen- Page 2

Screen Access

From GLS1, press F3

GLS4

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Purpose

Final GLS screen

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Enter expenses and cash medical information

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Save guidelines when complete​

​Screen Name

Guidelines Screen- Page 4

Screen Access

From GLS1, press enter

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From GLS3, press F3​

​Cash Medical

​Cash Medical

​NCP's income < income shown in appropriate column= $0.00 cash medical

​NCP's income = income shown in appropriate column = $0.00 cash medical​

NCP's income > income shown in appropriate column= pro rata share of $115 per child​

​CSVENI

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Shows usage of child care subsidy​

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​Survey Form

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