HB4888

To modify child support payments for working parents

Introduced·1/28/26
Intr Text

Eliminates child support payments when both parents have equal custody and both are employed.

The bill modifies child support guidelines in West Virginia to remove child support payments when both parents have equal custody and both are employed. Under the current law, child support is determined by dividing the total child support obligation between the parents based on their income. However, this bill introduces an exception: if a court allocates custodial responsibility equally between the parents and both parents are working, no child support payments will be required from either parent.

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Judiciary Committee
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Committee decision

Sponsors

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History

Jan 28

House

Filed for introduction

Jan 28

House

To Judiciary

Jan 28

House

Introduced in House