New Income Cap for Child Support in N.Y. Simplifies Process
Daily Record (Rochester, NY) › September 09, 2009
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A state law adopted in August will increase the income cap for awarding child support for the first time in 20 years.
Under the Child Support Modernization Act, the combined parental income used in calculating child support will be capped at $130,000 - - up from $80,000 -- beginning Jan. 31, 2010. That amount will increase every two years based on the average annual percentage changes in the consumer price index for urban consumers (CPI-U) published by the U.S. Department of Labor.See the full content of this document
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New Income Cap for Child Support in N.Y. Simplifies Process
Child support magistrates had been advocating for a higher income cap for several years, according to New York State Deputy Chief Magistrate John Aman, a child support magistrate in Erie County Family Court.
Although the $80,000 cap initially was pretty realistic in Upstate New York, it always was "ridi...See the full content of this document
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