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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 872
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAZEL
CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides with respect to child support calculations
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 9:315(C)(7), relative to net child care costs for purposes of child2
support calculations; to provide for inclusion of reasonable costs of child care3
incurred due to job training or education; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 9:315(C)(7) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง315. Economic data and principles; definitions7
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C. Definitions. As used in this Part:9
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(7) "Net child care costs" means the reasonable costs of child care incurred11
by a party due to employment or job search, minus the value of the federal income12
tax credit for child care. Net child care costs may also include, in the discretion of13
the court, those reasonable child care expenses incurred by a parent while14
participating in job training or while obtaining an education in order to obtain15
employment where either of the following occur:16
(a) That parent has been in school for a period of time prior to child support17
being established.18
(b) Where a parent is unable to maintain or secure adequate employment and19
income to provide for themselves and the minor child, and where the inclusion of the20
costs do not unreasonably burden the parent paying child support.21
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hazel HB No. 872
Abstract: Provides for child care expenses incurred while a parent is obtaining job training
or an education may be included in net child care costs for the purposes of child
support determination.
Present law, relative to child support calculations, provides for child care expenses incurred
by a parent due to the parent's employment or job searching.
Proposed law retains present law and adds that net child care costs may include reasonable
child care expenses incurred while a parent is receiving job training or an education to obtain
employment, provided the costs do not unreasonably burden the parent paying child support.
(Amends R.S. 9:315(C)(7))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill.
1. Added provisions specifying that net child care costs may include reasonable
child care expenses incurred while obtaining job training or education.