Bill > SB140

This bill makes several key changes to child support provisions in New Mexico: - It allows courts to impute income to a parent who is willfully unemployed or underemployed, with certain criteria to be considered. - It specifies that incarceration cannot be treated as voluntary unemployment for the purposes of child support. - It requires justification for any deviation from the child support guidelines, and creates a Child Support Guidelines Review Commission to periodically review the guidelines. - It provides that the health care needs of a minor child are an adequate basis for modification of a child support order. - It changes references in the Mandatory Medical Support Act from "health insurance" to "health care coverage" and from "insurers" to "carriers". - It limits fees relating to adjudicating parentage to be paid within 3 years, and limits retroactive child support to 3 years. The bill aims to ensure consistent application of child support guidelines, account for incarceration and health care needs, and improve enforceability and administration of child support orders.

Health and Social Services, Justice

https://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislation.aspx?chamber=S&legtype=B&legno=140&year=21