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Neither parent's child support obligation owed for all his or her biological or legal children may exceed 45 percent of net income except for good cause shown.
Each child is entitled to a pro rata share of the income available for support, but the court only applies the pro rata share to the children in the case before the court.
Before determining whether to apply the 45 percent limitation, the court must consider whether it would be unjust to apply the limitation after considering the best interests of the child and the circumstances of each parent. Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, leaving insufficient funds in the custodial parent's household to meet the basic needs of the child, comparative hardship to the affected households, assets or liabilities, and any involuntary limits on either parent's earning capacity including incarceration, disabilities, or incapacity.
Good cause includes, but is not limited to, possession of substantial wealth, children with day care expenses, special medical need, educational need, psychological need, and larger families.
(a) When a parent's monthly net income is below 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline for a one-person family, a support order of not less than $50 per child per month shall be entered unless the obligor parent establishes that it would be unjust to do so in that particular case. The decision whether there is a sufficient basis to deviate below the presumptive minimum payment must take into consideration the best interests of the child and the circumstances of each parent. Such circumstances can include leaving insufficient funds in the custodial parent's household to meet the basic needs of the child, comparative hardship to the affected households, assets or liabilities, and earning capacity.
The basic support obligation of the parent making the transfer payment, excluding health care, day care, and special child-rearing expenses, shall not reduce his or her net income below the self-support reserve of 180 percent of the federal poverty level for a one-person family, except for the presumptive minimum payment of $50 per child per month or when it would be unjust to apply the self-support reserve limitation after considering the best interests of the child and the circumstances of each parent. Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, leaving insufficient funds in the custodial parent's household to meet the basic needs of the child, comparative hardship to the affected households, assets or liabilities, and earning capacity. This section shall not be construed to require monthly substantiation of income.
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When a parent's income is greater than the self-support reserve of 180 percent of the federal poverty level for a one-person household, neither parent's basic child support obligation owed for all of his or her biological or legal children may reduce that parent's income below the self-support reserve of 180 percent of the federal poverty guideline for a one-person household except for the presumptive minimum of $50 per child per month.
Each child is entitled to a pro rata share of the income available for support but the court only applies the pro rata share to the children in the case before the court. Before determining whether to apply this limitation, the court should consider whether it would be unjust to apply the limitation after considering the best interests of the child and the circumstances of each parent. Such circumstances may include leaving insufficient funds in the custodial parent's household to meet the basic needs of the child, comparative hardship to the affected households, assets or liabilities, and earning capacity.
The economic table is presumptive for combined monthly net incomes up to and including $50,000. When combined monthly net income exceeds $50,000, the court may exceed the presumptive amount of support set for combined monthly net incomes of $50,000 upon written findings of fact.
All income and resources of each parent's household shall be disclosed and considered by the court when the court determines the child support obligation of each parent. Only the income of the parents of the children whose support is at issue shall be calculated for purposes of calculating the basic support obligation. Income and resources of any other person shall not be included in calculating the basic support obligation.
Tax returns for the preceding two years and current paystubs shall be provided to verify income and deductions. Other sufficient verification shall be required for income and deductions which do not appear on tax returns or paystubs.
Except as specifically excluded in subsection (4) of this section, monthly gross income shall include income from any source, including:
Salaries;
Wages;
Commissions;
Deferred compensation;
Overtime, except as excluded for income in subsection (4)(i) of this section;
Contract-related benefits;
Income from second jobs, except as excluded for income in subsection (4)(i) of this section;
Dividends;
Trust income;
Severance pay;
Annuities;
Capital gains;
Pension retirement benefits;
Workers' compensation;
Unemployment benefits;
Maintenance actually received;
Bonuses;
Social security benefits;
Disability insurance benefits; and
Income from self-employment, rent, royalties, contracts, proprietorship of a business, or joint ownership of a partnership or closely held corporation.
The following income and resources shall be disclosed but shall not be included in gross income:
Income of a new spouse or new domestic partner or income of other adults in the household;
Child support received from other relationships;
Gifts and prizes;
Temporary assistance for needy families;
Supplemental security income;
Aged, blind, or disabled assistance benefits;
Pregnant women assistance benefits;
Food stamps; and
Receipt of income and resources from temporary assistance for needy families, supplemental security income, aged, blind, or disabled assistance benefits, and food stamps shall not be a reason to deviate from the standard calculation.
The following expenses shall be disclosed and deducted from gross monthly income to calculate net monthly income:
Federal and state income taxes;
Federal insurance contributions act deductions;
Mandatory pension plan payments;
Mandatory union or professional dues;
Mandatory state insurance premiums actually paid;
State industrial insurance premiums;
Court-ordered maintenance to the extent actually paid;
Up to $5,000 per year in voluntary retirement contributions actually made if the contributions show a pattern of contributions during the one-year period preceding the action establishing the child support order unless there is a determination that the contributions were made for the purpose of reducing child support; and
Items deducted from gross income under this subsection shall not be a reason to deviate from the standard calculation.
The court shall impute income to a parent when the parent is voluntarily unemployed or voluntarily underemployed. The court shall determine whether the parent is voluntarily underemployed or voluntarily unemployed based upon that parent's assets, residence, employment and earnings history, job skills, educational attainment, literacy, health, age, criminal record, dependency court obligations, and other employment barriers, record of seeking work, the local job market, the availability of employers willing to hire the parent, the prevailing earnings level in the local community, or any other relevant factors. A court shall not impute income to a parent who is gainfully employed on a full-time basis, unless the court finds that the parent is voluntarily underemployed and finds that the parent is purposely underemployed to reduce the parent's child support obligation. Income shall not be imputed for an unemployable parent. Income shall not be imputed to a parent to the extent the parent is unemployed or significantly underemployed due to the parent's efforts to comply with court-ordered reunification efforts under chapter 13.34 RCW or under a voluntary placement agreement with an agency supervising the child.
Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, in the absence of records of a parent's actual earnings, the court shall impute a parent's income in the following order of priority:
Full-time earnings at the current rate of pay;
Full-time earnings at the historical rate of pay based on reliable information, such as employment security department data;
Full-time earnings at a past rate of pay where information is incomplete or sporadic;
Earnings of 32 hours per week at minimum wage in the jurisdiction where the parent resides if the parent is on or recently coming off temporary assistance for needy families or recently coming off aged, blind, or disabled assistance benefits, pregnant women assistance benefits, essential needs and housing support, supplemental security income, or disability, has recently been released from incarceration, or is a recent high school graduate. Imputation of earnings at 32 hours per week under this subsection is a rebuttable presumption;
Full-time earnings at minimum wage in the jurisdiction where the parent resides if the parent has a recent history of minimum wage earnings, has never been employed and has no earnings history, or has no significant earnings history;
The basic child support obligation derived from the economic table shall be allocated between the parents based on each parent's share of the combined monthly net income.
Health care costs are not included in the economic table. Monthly health care costs shall be shared by the parents in the same proportion as the basic child support obligation. Health care costs shall include, but not be limited to, medical, dental, orthodontia, vision, chiropractic, mental health treatment, prescription medications, and other similar costs for care and treatment.
Day care and special child rearing expenses, such as tuition and long-distance transportation costs to and from the parents for visitation purposes, are not included in the economic table. These expenses shall be shared by the parents in the same proportion as the basic child support obligation. If an obligor pays court or administratively ordered day care or special child rearing expenses that are not actually incurred, the obligee must reimburse the obligor for the overpayment if the overpayment amounts to at least 20 percent of the obligor's annual day care or special child rearing expenses. The obligor may institute an action in the superior court or file an application for an adjudicative hearing with the department of social and health services for reimbursement of day care and special child rearing expense overpayments that amount to 20 percent or more of the obligor's annual day care and special child rearing expenses. Any ordered overpayment reimbursement shall be applied first as an offset to child support arrearages of the obligor. If the obligor does not have child support arrearages, the reimbursement may be in the form of a direct reimbursement by the obligee or a credit against the obligor's future support payments. If the reimbursement is in the form of a credit against the obligor's future child support payments, the credit shall be spread equally over a 12-month period. Absent agreement of the obligee, nothing in this section entitles an obligor to pay more than his or her proportionate share of day care or other special child rearing expenses in advance and then deduct the overpayment from future support transfer payments.
Mandatory educational expenses and optional educational expenses are not included in the economic table. These expenses must be shared by the parents in the same proportion as the basic child support obligation. Mandatory educational expenses include, but are not limited to, tuition, books and materials, required electronic devices, and required school payments or fees. Optional educational expenses are expenses that a student incurs to fully participate in school activities including, but not limited to, sports fees, sports uniforms, band fees, band uniforms, yearbooks, driving classes, and other expenses for participation in school programs or activities.
The court may exercise its discretion to determine the necessity for and the reasonableness of all amounts ordered in excess of the basic child support obligation.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
Either the department, the person required to pay support, the payee under the order, or the person entitled to receive support may make a request for abatement of child support based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support.
When a child support order contains language providing for abatement based on incapacitation of the person required to pay child support, there is a rebuttable presumption that an incapacitated person is unable to pay the child support obligation. The presumption may be rebutted by evidence demonstrating that the person required to pay support has possession of, or access to, income or assets available to provide support while incapacitated. Unless the presumption is rebutted, the provisions of subsection (4) of this section apply.
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If the child support order does not contain language providing for abatement based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support, the department, the person required to pay support, the payee under the order, or the person entitled to receive support may commence an action in the appropriate forum to:
Modify the support order to contain abatement language; and
Abate the person's child support obligation due to current incapacitation for a maximum of six months.
In a proceeding brought under this subsection, there is a rebuttable presumption that an incapacitated person is unable to pay the child support obligation. The department, the payee under the order, or the person entitled to receive support, may rebut the presumption by demonstrating that the person required to pay support has possession of, or access to, income or assets available to provide support while incapacitated.
Unless the presumption is rebutted, the provisions of subsection (4) of this section apply.
If the court or administrative forum determines that abatement of support is appropriate, the court or administrative forum must enter an order providing that:
The child support obligation under the order in front of the court is abated to $50 per month, without regard to the number of children covered by that order, while the person required to pay support is undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment.
Abatement of the support obligation to $50 per month will remain in place until the earlier of: The last day of the month in which the person is discharged from court-ordered behavioral health treatment; or the last day of the six months after the effective date of the abatement order.
After abatement of support is terminated, the support obligation of the person required to pay support under the order is automatically reinstated at 100 percent of the support amount provided in the underlying order.
Upon a showing of good cause by a party that the circumstances of the case allow it, the court or administrative forum may add specific provisions to the order abating the child support obligation regarding when and how the abatement may terminate.
During the period of abatement, the department, the person required to pay support, the payee under the order, or the person entitled to receive support may commence an action to modify the child support order under RCW 26.09.170 or 74.20A.059.
If the incapacitated person's support obligation under the order has been abated and then reinstated under subsection (4) of this section:
Either the department, the person required to pay support, the payee under the order, or the person entitled to receive support may file an action to modify or adjust the order in the appropriate forum, if:
The provisions of subsection (4)(c) of this section do not apply; and
The person required to pay support has completed court-ordered behavioral health treatment.
An action to modify or adjust the order based on the completion of court-ordered behavioral health treatment of the person required to pay support may be filed even if there is no other change of circumstances.
The effective date of abatement of a child support obligation based on incapacitation to $50 per month per order is the date on which the person required to pay support is approved for abatement by the court or administrative forum.
Abatement of a child support obligation based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support does not constitute modification or adjustment of the order.
Abatement of a child support obligation based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support shall only be approved one time in a person's lifetime, regardless of whether the abatement lasted the full six months.
A request for the abatement of child support owed under one child support order does not automatically qualify as a request for abatement of support owed under every order that may exist requiring that person to pay support. However, the request applies to any support order which is being enforced by the department at the time of the request.
If there are multiple orders requiring the incapacitated person to pay child support, the issue of whether abatement of support due to incapacitation is appropriate must be considered for each order.
The payee or person entitled to receive support under each support order is entitled to notice and an opportunity to be heard regarding the potential abatement of support under that order.
If the child or children covered by a support order are not residing with the payee under the order, any other person entitled to receive support for the child or children must be provided notice and an opportunity to be heard regarding the potential abatement of support under that order.
When a child support order contains language regarding abatement to $50 per month per order based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support, and the department is notified that the person is currently undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment, the department must:
Review the support order for abatement once the department receives notice from the person required to pay support or someone acting on his or her behalf that the person may qualify for abatement of support;
Review its records and other available information to determine if the person required to pay support has possession of, or access to, income or assets available to provide support while incapacitated; and
Decide whether abatement of the person's support obligation is appropriate.
If the department decides that abatement of the person's support obligation is appropriate, the department must notify the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support, that the person's support obligation has been abated and that the abatement will continue while the person is undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment for a maximum of six months. The notification must include the following information:
That the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support may object to the abatement of support due to incapacitation;
An objection must be received within 20 days of the notification of abatement;
Any objection will be forwarded to the office of administrative hearings for an adjudicative proceeding under chapter 34.05 RCW;
The department, the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support, all have the right to participate in the administrative hearing as parties; and
The burden of proof is on the party objecting to the abatement of support to show that the person required to pay support has possession of, or access to, income or assets available to provide support while incapacitated;
The effective date of the abatement of support;
The estimated date that the abatement will end;
That the person required to pay support, the payee under the order, the person entitled to receive support, or the department may file an action to modify the underlying support order once the person required to pay support is no longer undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment, as provided under section 5(5) of this act; and
That if the abated obligation was established by a court order, the department will file a copy of the notification in the court file.
If the department decides that abatement of the person's support obligation is not appropriate, the department must notify the person required to pay support and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support, that the department does not believe that abatement of the support obligation should occur. The notification must include the following information:
The reasons why the department decided that abatement of the support obligation is not appropriate;
The person required to pay support and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support may object to the department's decision not to abate the support obligation;
An objection must be received within 20 days of the notification of abatement;
Any objection will be forwarded to the office of administrative hearings for an adjudicative proceeding under chapter 34.05 RCW; and
The department, the incapacitated person, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support all have the right to participate in the administrative hearing as parties; and
That, if the administrative law judge enters an order providing that abatement is appropriate, the department will take appropriate steps to document the abatement and will provide notification to the parties as required in subsection (2) of this section.
When a court or administrative order does not contain language regarding abatement based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support and the department receives notice that the person is currently undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment, the department must refer the case to the appropriate forum for a determination of whether the order should be modified to:
Contain abatement language as provided in section 5 of this act; and
Abate the person's child support obligation due to current incapacitation in accordance with section 5 of this act.
At any time during abatement based on incapacitation of the person required to pay support, the department, the payee under the order, or the person entitled to receive support may file a request to reverse or terminate the abatement of support by demonstrating that the incapacitated person has possession of, or access to, income or assets available to provide support while undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment.
A request for reversal or termination of the abatement may be filed with the department or with the office of administrative hearings.
The request must include documents or other evidence showing that the person has possession of, or access to, income or assets available to provide support while undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment.
If the request for a hearing does not include documents or evidence showing that the person has possession of, or access to, income or assets, the department may file a motion asking that the request for a hearing be dismissed before a hearing is scheduled or held.
The party seeking to reverse or terminate the abatement may seek to vacate the dismissal order by filing a motion which includes the required proof.
Depending on the type of evidence provided at the hearing, the administrative law judge may order that the abatement of the support obligation be:
Reversed, meaning that the determination that support should be abated is vacated and all amounts owed under the support order are reinstated; or
Terminated, meaning that the abatement of support ends as of the date specified in the order.
At any time during the period of abatement based on incapacitation, the person required to pay support may file a request to reverse or terminate the abatement of support.
The request for reversal or termination of the abatement may be filed with the department or with the office of administrative hearings.
The person required to pay support is not required to provide any documents or other evidence to support the request.
Abatement of a support obligation does not constitute modification or adjustment of the order.
Except as otherwise provided in RCW 26.09.070(7), the provisions of any decree respecting maintenance or support may be modified: (a) Only as to installments accruing subsequent to the petition for modification or motion for adjustment except motions to compel court-ordered adjustments, which shall be effective as of the first date specified in the decree for implementing the adjustment; and, (b) except as otherwise provided in this section, only upon a showing of a substantial change of circumstances. The provisions as to property disposition may not be revoked or modified, unless the court finds the existence of conditions that justify the reopening of a judgment under the laws of this state.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly provided in the decree the obligation to pay future maintenance is terminated upon the death of either party or the remarriage of the party receiving maintenance or registration of a new domestic partnership of the party receiving maintenance.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly provided in the decree, provisions for the support of a child are terminated by emancipation of the child or by the death of the person required to pay support for the child.
Unless expressly provided by an order of the superior court or a court of comparable jurisdiction, provisions for the support of a child are terminated upon the marriage or registration of a domestic partnership to each other of parties to a paternity or parentage order, or upon the remarriage or registration of a domestic partnership to each other of parties to a decree of dissolution. The remaining provisions of the order, including provisions establishing parentage, remain in effect.
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A party to an order of child support may petition for a modification based upon a showing of substantially changed circumstances at any time.
The voluntary unemployment or voluntary underemployment of the person required to pay support, by itself, is not a substantial change of circumstances.
An order of child support may be modified at any time to add language regarding abatement to $10 per month per order due to the incarceration of the person required to pay support, as provided in RCW 26.09.320, or abatement to $50 per month per order due to incapacitation of the person required to pay support, as provided in section 5 of this act.
The department of social and health services, the person entitled to receive support or the payee under the order, or the person required to pay support may petition for a prospective modification of a child support order if : (i) The person required to pay support is currently confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility, and the support order does not contain language regarding abatement due to incarceration; or (ii) the person required to pay support is currently undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment and the support order does not contain language regarding abatement due to incapacitation.
The petition may only be filed if the person required to pay support is currently incarcerated or incapacitated.
As part of the petition for modification, the petitioner may also request that the support obligation be abated to $10 per month per order due to incarceration, as provided in RCW 26.09.320, or abated to $50 per month per order due to incapacitation, as provided in section 5 of this act.
An order of child support may be modified without showing a substantial change of circumstances if the requested modification is to : (a) Modify an existing order when the person required to pay support has been released from incarceration, as provided in RCW 26.09.320(3)(d); or (b) modify an existing order when the person required to pay support has completed court-ordered behavioral health treatment, as provided in section 5(5) of this act.
An order of child support may be modified one year or more after it has been entered without a showing of substantially changed circumstances:
If the order in practice works a severe economic hardship on either party or the child;
If a child is still in high school, upon a finding that there is a need to extend support beyond the eighteenth birthday to complete high school; or
To add an automatic adjustment of support provision consistent with RCW 26.09.100.
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If 24 months have passed from the date of the entry of the order or the last adjustment or modification, whichever is later, the order may be adjusted without a showing of substantially changed circumstances based upon:
Changes in the income of the person required to pay support, or of the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order; or
Changes in the economic table or standards in chapter 26.19 RCW.
Either party may initiate the adjustment by filing a motion and child support worksheets.
If the court adjusts or modifies a child support obligation pursuant to this subsection by more than 30 percent and the change would cause significant hardship, the court may implement the change in two equal increments, one at the time of the entry of the order and the second six months from the entry of the order. Twenty-four months must pass following the second change before a motion for another adjustment under this subsection may be filed.
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The department of social and health services may file an action to modify or adjust an order of child support if public assistance money is being paid to or for the benefit of the child and the department has determined that the child support order is at least 15 percent above or below the appropriate child support amount set forth in the standard calculation as defined in RCW 26.19.011.
The department of social and health services may file an action to modify or adjust an order of child support in a nonassistance case if:
The department has determined that the child support order is at least 15 percent above or below the appropriate child support amount set forth in the standard calculation as defined in RCW 26.19.011;
The department has determined the case meets the department's review criteria; and
A party to the order or another state or jurisdiction has requested a review.
If incarceration of the person required to pay support is the basis for the difference between the existing child support order amount and the proposed amount of support determined as a result of a review, the department may file an action to modify or adjust an order of child support even if:
There is no other change of circumstances; and
The change in support does not meet the 15 percent threshold.
The determination of whether the child support order is at least 15 percent above or below the appropriate child support amount must be based on the current income of the parties.
The department of social and health services may file an action to modify or adjust an order of child support under subsections (5) through (9) of this section if:
Public assistance money is being paid to or for the benefit of the child;
A party to the order in a nonassistance case has requested a review; or
Another state or jurisdiction has requested a modification of the order.
If testimony other than affidavit is required in any proceeding under this section, a court of this state shall permit a party or witness to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means, unless good cause is shown.
If the division of child support is providing support enforcement services under RCW 26.23.045, or if a party is applying for support enforcement services by signing the application form on the bottom of the support order, the superior court shall include in all court orders that establish or modify a support obligation:
A provision that orders and directs the person required to pay support to make all support payments to the Washington state support registry;
A statement that withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and liens enforced against real and personal property under the child support statutes of this or any other state, without further notice to the person required to pay support at any time after entry of the court order, unless:
One of the parties demonstrates, and the court finds, that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding and that withholding should be delayed until a payment is past due; or
The parties reach a written agreement that is approved by the court that provides for an alternate arrangement;
A statement that the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support might be required to submit an accounting of how the support, including any cash medical support, is being spent to benefit the child;
A statement that a party to the support order who is required to provide health care coverage for the child or children covered by the order must notify the division of child support and the other party to the support order when the coverage terminates;
A statement that any privilege of the person required to pay support to obtain and maintain a license, as defined in RCW 74.20A.320, may not be renewed, or may be suspended if the person is not in compliance with a support order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320;
A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated as provided in RCW 26.09.320 if the person required to pay support is confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months, or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility; and
A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated as provided in section 5 of this act if the person required to pay support is undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment.
As used in this subsection and subsection (3) of this section, "good cause not to require immediate income withholding" means a written determination of why implementing immediate wage withholding would not be in the child's best interests and, in modification cases, proof of timely payment of previously ordered support.
In all other cases not under subsection (1) of this section, the court may order the person required to pay support to make payments directly to the person entitled to receive the payments, to the Washington state support registry, or may order that payments be made in accordance with an alternate arrangement agreed upon by the parties.
The superior court shall include in all orders under this subsection that establish or modify a support obligation:
(A) One of the parties demonstrates, and the court finds, that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding and that withholding should be delayed until a payment is past due; or
(B) The parties reach a written agreement that is approved by the court that provides for an alternate arrangement;
ii. A statement that the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support may be required to submit an accounting of how the support is being spent to benefit the child;
iii. A statement that any party to the order required to provide health care coverage for the child or children covered by the order must notify the division of child support and the other party to the order when the coverage terminates; and
iv. A statement that a party to the order seeking to enforce the other party's obligation to provide health care coverage may:
(A) File a motion in the underlying superior court action; or
(B) If there is not already an underlying superior court action, initiate an action in the superior court.
As used in this subsection, "good cause not to require immediate income withholding" is any reason that the court finds appropriate.
b. The superior court may order immediate or delayed income withholding as follows:
i. Immediate income withholding may be ordered if the person required to pay support has earnings. If immediate income withholding is ordered under this subsection, all support payments shall be paid to the Washington state support registry. The superior court shall issue a mandatory wage assignment order as set forth in chapter 26.18 RCW when the support order is signed by the court. The payee under the order or the person entitled to receive the transfer payment is responsible for serving the employer with the order and for its enforcement as set forth in chapter 26.18 RCW.
ii. If immediate income withholding is not ordered, the court shall require that income withholding be delayed until a payment is past due. The support order shall contain a statement that withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and liens enforced against real and personal property under the child support statutes of this or any other state, without further notice to the person required to pay support, after a payment is past due.
c. If a mandatory income withholding order under chapter 26.18 RCW is issued under this subsection and the division of child support provides support enforcement services under RCW 26.23.045, the existing wage withholding assignment is prospectively superseded upon the division of child support's subsequent service of an income withholding order.
The office of administrative hearings and the department of social and health services shall require that all support obligations established as administrative orders include a provision which orders and directs that the person required to pay support shall make all support payments to the Washington state support registry. All administrative orders shall also state that any privilege of the person required to pay support to obtain and maintain a license, as defined in RCW 74.20A.320, may not be renewed, or may be suspended if the person is not in compliance with a support order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320. All administrative orders shall also state that withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and liens enforced against real and personal property under the child support statutes of this or any other state without further notice to the person required to pay support at any time after entry of the order, unless:
One of the parties demonstrates, and the presiding officer finds, that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding; or
The parties reach a written agreement that is approved by the presiding officer that provides for an alternate agreement.
If the support order does not include the provision ordering and directing that all payments be made to the Washington state support registry and a statement that withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits if a support payment is past due or at any time after the entry of the order, or that licensing privileges of the person required to pay support may not be renewed, or may be suspended, the division of child support may serve a notice on the person stating such requirements and authorizations. Service may be by personal service or any form of mail requiring a return receipt.
Every support order shall state:
The address where the support payment is to be sent;
That withholding action may be taken against wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and liens enforced against real and personal property under the child support statutes of this or any other state, without further notice to the person required to pay support at any time after entry of a support order, unless:
One of the parties demonstrates, and the court finds, that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding; or
The parties reach a written agreement that is approved by the court that provides for an alternate arrangement;
The income of the parties, if known, or that their income is unknown and the income upon which the support award is based;
The support award as a sum certain amount;
The specific day or date on which the support payment is due;
The names and ages of the dependent children;
A provision requiring both the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order, to keep the Washington state support registry informed of whether he or she has access to health care coverage at reasonable cost and, if so, the health care coverage information;
That either or both the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order, shall be obligated to provide medical support for a child or children covered by the order through health care coverage if:
The person obligated to provide medical support provides accessible coverage for the child or children through private or public health care coverage; or
Coverage that can be extended to cover the child or children is or becomes available to the person obligated to provide medical support through employment or is union-related; or
In the absence of such coverage, through an additional sum certain amount, as that obligated person's monthly payment toward the premium as provided under RCW 26.09.105;
That a person obligated to provide medical support who is providing health care coverage must notify both the division of child support and the other party to the order when coverage terminates;
That if proof of health care coverage or proof that the coverage is unavailable is not provided within 20 days, the person seeking enforcement or the department may seek direct enforcement of the coverage through the employer or union of the person required to provide medical support without further notice to the person as provided under chapter 26.18 RCW;
The reasons for not ordering health care coverage if the order fails to require such coverage;
That any privilege of the person required to pay support to obtain and maintain a license, as defined in RCW 74.20A.320, may not be renewed, or may be suspended if the person is not in compliance with a support order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320;
That each party to the support order must:
Promptly file with the court and update as necessary the confidential information form required by subsection (7) of this section; and
Provide the state case registry and update as necessary the information required by subsection (7) of this section; and
That parties to administrative support orders shall provide to the state case registry and update as necessary their residential addresses and the address of the employer of the person required to pay support. The division of child support may adopt rules that govern the collection of parties' current residence and mailing addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, the names of the children, social security numbers of the children, dates of birth of the children, driver's license numbers, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the parties' employers to enforce an administrative support order. The division of child support shall not release this information if the division of child support determines that there is reason to believe that release of the information may result in physical or emotional harm to the party or to the child, or a restraining order or protective order is in effect to protect one party from the other party.
After the person required to pay support has been ordered or notified to make payments to the Washington state support registry under this section, that person shall be fully responsible for making all payments to the Washington state support registry and shall be subject to payroll deduction or other income‑withholding action. The person required to pay support shall not be entitled to credit against a support obligation for any payments made to a person or agency other than to the Washington state support registry except as provided under RCW 74.20.101. A civil action may be brought by the person required to pay support to recover payments made to persons or agencies who have received and retained support moneys paid contrary to the provisions of this section.
All petitioners and parties to all court actions under chapters 26.09, 26.12, 26.18, 26.21A, 26.23, 26.26A, 26.26B, and 26.27 RCW and minor guardianships under chapter 11.130 RCW shall complete to the best of their knowledge a verified and signed confidential information form or equivalent that provides the parties' current residence and mailing addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the parties' employers, to ensure that the parties' information is added to the judicial information system's person database. The clerk of the court shall not accept petitions, except in parentage actions initiated by the state, orders of child support, decrees of dissolution, or parentage orders for filing in such actions unless accompanied by the confidential information form or equivalent, or unless the confidential information form or equivalent is already on file with the court clerk. In lieu of or in addition to requiring the parties to complete a separate confidential information form, the clerk may collect the information in electronic form. The clerk of the court shall transmit the confidential information form or its data to the division of child support with a copy of the order of child support or parentage order, and may provide copies of the confidential information form or its data and any related findings, decrees, parenting plans, orders, or other documents to the state administrative agency that administers Title IV‑A, IV‑D, IV‑E, or XIX of the federal social security act. In state initiated parentage actions, the parties adjudicated the parents of the child or children shall complete the confidential information form or equivalent or the state's attorney of record may complete that form to the best of the attorney's knowledge.
The department has rule-making authority to enact rules consistent with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 652(f) and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 666(a)(19) as amended by section 7307 of the deficit reduction act of 2005. Additionally, the department has rule-making authority to implement regulations required under 45 C.F.R. Parts 302, 303, 304, 305, and 308.
The secretary may, if there is no order that establishes a person's support obligation or specifically relieves the person required to pay support of a support obligation or pursuant to an establishment of parentage under chapter 26.26A or 26.26B RCW, serve on the person or persons required to pay support and the person entitled to receive support a notice and finding of financial responsibility requiring those persons to appear and show cause in an adjudicative proceeding why the finding of responsibility and/or the amount thereof is incorrect, should not be finally ordered, but should be rescinded or modified. This notice and finding shall relate to the support debt accrued and/or accruing under this chapter and/or RCW 26.16.205, including periodic payments to be made in the future. The hearing shall be held pursuant to this section, chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the rules of the department. A person who has physical custody of a child has the same rights under this section as a parent with whom the child resides.
The notice and finding of financial responsibility shall be served in the same manner prescribed for the service of a summons in a civil action or may be served on the person required to pay support by certified mail, return receipt requested. The receipt shall be prima facie evidence of service. The notice shall be served upon the person required to pay support within 60 days from the date the state assumes responsibility for the support of the dependent child or children on whose behalf support is sought. If the notice is not served within 60 days from such date, the department shall lose the right to reimbursement of payments made after the 60-day period and before the date of notification: PROVIDED, That if the department exercises reasonable efforts to locate the person required to pay support and is unable to do so the entire 60-day period is tolled until such time as the person can be located. The notice may be served upon the person entitled to receive support who is the nonassistance applicant or public assistance recipient by first‑class mail to the last known address. If the person entitled to receive support is not the nonassistance applicant or public assistance recipient, service shall be in the same manner as for the person required to pay support.
The notice and finding of financial responsibility shall set forth the amount the department has determined the person required to pay support owes, the support debt accrued and/or accruing, and periodic payments to be made in the future. The notice and finding shall also include:
A statement of the name of the person entitled to receive support and the name of the child or children for whom support is sought;
A statement of the amount of periodic future support payments as to which financial responsibility is alleged;
A statement that the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support may object to all or any part of the notice and finding, and file an application for an adjudicative proceeding to show cause why the terms set forth in the notice should not be ordered;
A statement that, if neither the person required to pay support nor the person entitled to receive support files in a timely fashion an application for an adjudicative proceeding, the support debt and payments stated in the notice and finding, including periodic support payments in the future, shall be assessed and determined and ordered by the department and that this debt and amounts due under the notice shall be subject to collection action;
A statement that the property of the person required to pay support, without further advance notice or hearing, will be subject to lien and foreclosure, distraint, seizure and sale, order to withhold and deliver, notice of payroll deduction or other collection action to satisfy the debt and enforce the support obligation established under the notice;
A statement that the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order, are responsible for either:
(A) Is available through health insurance or public health care coverage; or
(B) Is or becomes available to the obligated person through that person's employment or union; or
ii. Paying a monthly payment toward the premium if no such coverage is available, as provided under RCW 26.09.105;
g. A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated to ten dollars per month per order as provided in RCW 26.09.320 if the person required to pay support is confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months, or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility; and
h. A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated to $50 per month per order as provided in section 5 of this act if the person required to pay support is undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment.
A person required to pay support or a person entitled to receive support who objects to the notice and finding of financial responsibility may file an application for an adjudicative proceeding within 20 days of the date of service of the notice or thereafter as provided under this subsection.
If the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support files the application within 20 days, the office of administrative hearings shall schedule an adjudicative proceeding to hear the party's or parties' objection and determine the support obligation for the entire period covered by the notice and finding of financial responsibility. The filing of the application stays collection action pending the entry of a final administrative order;
If both the person required to pay support and the person entitled to receive support fail to file an application within 20 days, the notice and finding shall become a final administrative order. The amounts for current and future support and the support debt stated in the notice are final and subject to collection, except as provided under (c) and (d) of this subsection;
If the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support files the application more than 20 days after, but within one year of the date of service, the office of administrative hearings shall schedule an adjudicative proceeding to hear the party's or parties' objection and determine the support obligation for the entire period covered by the notice and finding of financial responsibility. The filing of the application does not stay further collection action, pending the entry of a final administrative order, and does not affect any prior collection action;
If the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support files the application more than one year after the date of service, the office of administrative hearings shall schedule an adjudicative proceeding at which the party who requested the late hearing must show good cause for failure to file a timely application. The filing of the application does not stay future collection action and does not affect prior collection action:
If the presiding officer finds that good cause exists, the presiding officer shall proceed to hear the party's objection to the notice and determine the support obligation;
If the presiding officer finds that good cause does not exist, the presiding officer shall treat the application as a petition for prospective modification of the amount for current and future support established under the notice and finding. In the modification proceeding, the presiding officer shall set current and future support under chapter 26.19 RCW. The petitioning party need show neither good cause nor a substantial change of circumstances to justify modification of current and future support;
If the support obligation was based upon imputed median net income, the grant standard, or the family need standard, the division of child support may file an application for adjudicative proceeding more than 20 days after the date of service of the notice. The office of administrative hearings shall schedule an adjudicative proceeding and provide notice of the hearing to the person required to pay support and the person entitled to receive support. The presiding officer shall determine the support obligation for the entire period covered by the notice, based upon credible evidence presented by the division of child support, the person required to pay support, or the person entitled to receive support, or may determine that the support obligation set forth in the notice is correct. The division of child support demonstrates good cause by showing that the support obligation was based upon imputed median net income, the grant standard, or the family need standard. The filing of the application by the division of child support does not stay further collection action, pending the entry of a final administrative order, and does not affect any prior collection action;
The department shall retain and/or shall not refund support money collected more than 20 days after the date of service of the notice. Money withheld as the result of collection action shall be delivered to the department. The department shall distribute such money, as provided in published rules.
If an application for an adjudicative proceeding is filed, the presiding or reviewing officer shall determine the past liability and responsibility, if any, of the person required to pay support and shall also determine the amount of periodic payments to be made in the future, which amount is not limited by the amount of any public assistance payment made to or for the benefit of the child. If deviating from the child support schedule in making these determinations, the presiding or reviewing officer shall apply the standards contained in the child support schedule and enter written findings of fact supporting the deviation.
If either the person required to pay support or the person entitled to receive support fails to attend or participate in the hearing or other stage of an adjudicative proceeding, upon a showing of valid service, the presiding officer shall enter an order of default against each party who did not appear and may enter an administrative order declaring the support debt and payment provisions stated in the notice and finding of financial responsibility to be assessed and determined and subject to collection action. The parties who appear may enter an agreed settlement or consent order, which may be different than the terms of the department's notice. Any party who appears may choose to proceed to the hearing, after the conclusion of which the presiding officer or reviewing officer may enter an order that is different than the terms stated in the notice, if the obligation is supported by credible evidence presented by any party at the hearing.
The final administrative order establishing liability and/or future periodic support payments shall be superseded upon entry of a superior court order for support to the extent the superior court order is inconsistent with the administrative order.
Debts determined pursuant to this section, accrued and not paid, are subject to collection action under this chapter without further necessity of action by a presiding or reviewing officer.
The department has rule-making authority to enact rules consistent with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 652(f) and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 666(a)(19) as amended by section 7307 of the deficit reduction act of 2005. Additionally, the department has rule-making authority to implement regulations required under 45 C.F.R. Parts 302, 303, 304, 305, and 308.
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If an acknowledged parent has signed an acknowledgment of parentage that has been filed with the state registrar of vital statistics:
The division of child support may serve a notice and finding of financial responsibility under RCW 74.20A.055 based on the acknowledgment. The division of child support shall attach a copy of the acknowledgment or certification of the birth record information advising of the existence of a filed acknowledgment of parentage to the notice;
The notice shall include a statement that the acknowledged parent or any other signatory may commence a proceeding in court to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment or denial of parentage under RCW 26.26A.235 and 26.26A.240;
A statement that the person required to pay support, and the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support who is a parent of the child or children covered by the order, are responsible for providing health care coverage for the child if accessible coverage that can be extended to cover the child is or becomes available to the obligated person through employment or is union-related as provided under RCW 26.09.105;
The party commencing the action to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment or denial must serve notice on the division of child support and the office of the prosecuting attorney in the county in which the proceeding is commenced. Commencement of a proceeding to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment or denial stays the establishment of the notice and finding of financial responsibility, if the notice has not yet become a final order;
A statement that the support obligation under the order may be abated to $10 per month per order as provided in RCW 26.09.320 if the person required to pay support is confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months, or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility; and
If neither party to the notice files an application for an adjudicative proceeding or the signatories to the acknowledgment or denial do not commence a proceeding to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment of parentage, the amount of support stated in the notice and finding of financial responsibility becomes final, subject only to a subsequent determination under RCW 26.26A.400 through 26.26A.515 that the parent-child relationship does not exist. The division of child support does not refund nor return any amounts collected under a notice that becomes final under this section or RCW 74.20A.055, even if a court later determines that the acknowledgment is void.
An acknowledged parent or other party to the notice who objects to the amount of support requested in the notice may file an application for an adjudicative proceeding up to 20 days after the date the notice was served. An application for an adjudicative proceeding may be filed within one year of service of the notice and finding of parental responsibility without the necessity for a showing of good cause or upon a showing of good cause thereafter. An adjudicative proceeding under this section shall be pursuant to RCW 74.20A.055. The only issues shall be the amount of the accrued debt and the amount of the current and future support obligation.
If the application for an adjudicative proceeding is filed within 20 days of service of the notice, collection action shall be stayed pending a final decision by the department.
If the application for an adjudicative proceeding is not filed within 20 days of the service of the notice, any amounts collected under the notice shall be neither refunded nor returned if the person required to pay support under the notice is later found not to be required to pay support.
If neither the acknowledged parent nor the person entitled to receive support requests an adjudicative proceeding, or if no timely action is brought to rescind or challenge the acknowledgment or denial after service of the notice, the notice of financial responsibility becomes final for all intents and purposes and may be overturned only by a subsequent superior court order entered under RCW 26.26A.400 through 26.26A.515.
Acknowledgments of parentage are subject to requirements of chapters 26.26A, 26.26B, and 70.58A RCW.
The department and the department of health may adopt rules to implement the requirements under this section.
The department has rule-making authority to enact rules consistent with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 652(f) and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 666(a)(19) as amended by section 7307 of the deficit reduction act of 2005. Additionally, the department has rule-making authority to implement regulations required under 45 C.F.R. Parts 302, 303, 304, 305, and 308.
The department, the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support, or the person required to pay support may petition for a prospective modification of a final administrative order if:
The administrative order has not been superseded by a superior court order; and
There has been a substantial change of circumstances, except as provided under RCW 74.20A.055(4)(d) or subsection (2) of this section.
The department, the person entitled to receive support, the payee under the order, or : (a) The person required to pay support may petition for a prospective modification of a final administrative order if the person required to pay support is currently confined in a jail, prison, or correctional facility for at least six months or is serving a sentence greater than six months in a jail, prison, or correctional facility, and the support order does not contain language regarding abatement due to incarceration; or (b) the person required to pay support is currently undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment and the support order does not contain language regarding abatement due to incapacitation.
i. The petition may be filed at any time after the administrative support order became a final order, as long as the person required to pay support is currently incarcerated or undergoing court-ordered behavioral health treatment.
ii. As part of the petition for modification, the petitioner may also request that the support obligation be abated to $10 per month per order due to incarceration, as provided in RCW 26.09.320, or abated to $50 per month per order due to incapacitation, as provided in section 5 of this act.
An order of child support may be modified at any time without a showing of substantially changed circumstances if incarceration of the person required to pay support is the basis for the inconsistency between the existing child support order amount and the amount of support determined as a result of a review.
An order of child support may be modified one year or more after it has been entered without showing a substantial change of circumstances:
If the order in practice works a severe economic hardship on either party or the child; or
If a child is a full-time student and reasonably expected to complete secondary school or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training before the child becomes 19 years of age upon a finding that there is a need to extend support beyond the eighteenth birthday.
An order may be modified without showing a substantial change of circumstances if the requested modification is to:
Require medical support under RCW 26.09.105 for a child covered by the order;
Modify an existing order for health care coverage; or
Modify an existing order when the person required to pay support has been released from incarceration, as provided in RCW 26.09.320(3)(d), or when the person has completed court-ordered behavioral health treatment, as provided in section 5(5) of this act.
Support orders may be adjusted once every 24 months based upon changes in the income of the parties to the order without a showing of substantially changed circumstances. This provision does not mean that the income of a person entitled to receive support who is not a parent of the child or children covered by the order must be disclosed or be included in the calculations under chapter 26.19 RCW when determining the support obligation.
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All administrative orders entered on, before, or after September 1, 1991, may be modified based upon changes in the child support schedule established in chapter 26.19 RCW without a substantial change of circumstances. The petition may be filed based on changes in the child support schedule after 12 months has expired from the entry of the administrative order or the most recent modification order setting child support, whichever is later. However, if a party is granted relief under this provision, 24 months must pass before another petition for modification may be filed pursuant to subsection (6) of this section.
If, pursuant to subsection (6) of this section or (a) of this subsection, the order modifies a child support obligation by more than 30 percent and the change would cause significant hardship, the change may be implemented in two equal increments, one at the time of the entry of the order and the second six months from the entry of the order. Twenty-four months must pass following the second change before a petition for modification under subsection (6) of this section may be filed.
An increase in the wage or salary of the person entitled to receive the support transfer payments is not a substantial change in circumstances for purposes of modification under subsection (1)(b) of this section. The voluntary unemployment or voluntary underemployment of the person required to pay support, by itself, is not a substantial change of circumstances. The income of the person entitled to receive support is only disclosed or considered if that person is a parent of the child or children covered by the order.
The department shall file the petition and a supporting affidavit with the office of administrative hearings when the department petitions for modification.
The person required to pay support or the payee under the order or the person entitled to receive support shall follow the procedures in this chapter for filing an application for an adjudicative proceeding to petition for modification.
Upon the filing of a proper petition or application, the office of administrative hearings shall issue an order directing each party to appear and show cause why the order should not be modified.
If the presiding or reviewing officer finds a modification is appropriate, the officer shall modify the order and set current and future support under chapter 26.19 RCW.
The administrative office of the courts shall revise the child support worksheets and instructions to clarify language regarding how parties should round up income amounts consistent with the recommendations of the 2023 child support schedule work group.
This section expires August 1, 2025.
ECONOMIC TABLE
MONTHLY BASIC SUPPORT OBLIGATION
PER CHILD
For income less than $1,600 the obligation is based upon the resources and living expenses of each household. Minimum support may not be less than $50 per child per month except when allowed by RCW 26.19.065(2).
1600
346
267
1700
368
284
1800
390
301
1900
412
317
2000
433
334
2100
455
350
2200
477
367
2300
499
384
2400
521
400
2500
543
417
2600
565
433
2700
587
450
2800
609
467
2900
630
483
3000
652
500
3100
674
516
3200
696
533
3300
718
550
3400
740
566
3500
762
583
3600
784
599
3700
803
614
3800
816
624
3900
830
634
4000
843
643
4100
857
653
4200
867
660
4300
877
668
4400
887
675
4500
896
682
4600
906
689
4700
916
697
4800
927
705
4900
939
714
5000
951
723
5100
963
732
5200
975
741
5300
987
750
5400
999
759
5500
1011
768
5600
1023
777
5700
1030
782
5800
1036
786
5900
1042
791
6000
1048
795
6100
1054
800
6200
1061
804
6300
1067
809
6400
1073
813
6500
1081
819
6600
1096
830
6700
1111
842
6800
1126
853
6900
1141
864
7000
1156
875
7100
1170
886
7200
1185
898
7300
1200
909
7400
1212
918
7500
1222
925
7600
1231
932
7700
1241
939
7800
1251
946
7900
1261
953
8000
1270
960
8100
1280
968
8200
1290
975
8300
1299
981
8400
1308
987
8500
1316
994
8600
1325
1000
8700
1334
1007
8800
1343
1013
8900
1352
1019
9000
1361
1026
9100
1370
1032
9200
1379
1040
9300
1387
1047
9400
1396
1055
9500
1405
1062
9600
1414
1069
9700
1423
1077
9800
1432
1084
9900
1441
1092
10000
1451
1099
10100
1462
1107
10200
1473
1114
10300
1484
1122
10400
1495
1129
10500
1507
1136
10600
1518
1144
10700
1529
1151
10800
1539
1159
10900
1542
1161
11000
1545
1164
11100
1548
1166
11200
1551
1169
11300
1554
1172
11400
1556
1174
11500
1559
1177
11600
1562
1179
11700
1565
1182
11800
1568
1184
11900
1571
1187
12000
1573
1190
12100
1584
2397
12200
1594
2415
12300
1605
2432
12400
1616
2449
12500
1626
2467
12600
1637
2484
12700
1647
2501
12800
1657
2518
12900
1668
2535
13000
1678
2552
13100
1688
2569
13200
1699
2586
13300
1709
2603
13400
1719
2620
13500
1729
2637
13600
1739
2654
13700
1749
2671
13800
1759
2687
13900
1769
2704
14000
1779
2721
14100
1789
2737
14200
1799
2754
14300
1809
2770
14400
1818
2787
14500
1828
2803
14600
1838
2820
14700
1848
2836
14800
1857
2852
14900
1867
2869
15000
1876
2885
15100
1886
2901
15200
1895
2917
15300
1905
2934
15400
1914
2950
15500
1923
2966
15600
1933
2982
15700
1942
2998
15800
1951
3014
15900
1960
3029
16000
1969
3045
16100
1978
3061
16200
1987
3077
16300
1996
3093
16400
2005
3108
16500
2014
3124
16600
2023
3140
16700
2032
3155
16800
2041
3171
16900
2050
3186
17000
2058
3202
17100
2067
3217
17200
2076
3232
17300
2084
3248
17400
2093
3263
17500
2101
3278
17600
2110
3294
17700
2118
3309
17800
2127
3324
17900
2135
3339
18000
2143
3354
18100
2152
3369
18200
2160
3384
18300
2168
3399
18400
2176
3414
18500
2185
3429
18600
2193
3443
18700
2201
3458
18800
2209
3473
18900
2217
3488
19000
2225
3502
19100
2232
3517
19200
2240
3532
19300
2248
3546
19400
2256
3561
19500
2264
3575
19600
2271
3589
19700
2279
3604
19800
2287
3618
19900
2294
3632
20000
2302
3647
20100
2310
3661
20200
2318
3675
20300
2326
3689
20400
2334
3703
20500
2342
3717
20600
2350
3731
20700
2358
3745
20800
2366
3759
20900
2374
3773
21000
2382
3787
21100
2389
3801
21200
2396
3815
21300
2403
3828
21400
2410
3842
21500
2417
3856
21600
2424
3869
21700
2431
3883
21800
2438
3896
21900
2445
3910
22000
2452
3923
22100
2459
3937
22200
2466
3950
22300
2473
3963
22400
2480
3977
22500
2487
3990
22600
2494
4003
22700
2501
4016
22800
2508
4030
22900
2515
4043
23000
2522
4056
23100
2529
4069
23200
2536
4082
23300
2543
4095
23400
2550
4107
23500
2557
4120
23600
2564
4133
23700
2571
4146
23800
2578
4159
23900
2585
4171
24000
2592
4184
24100
2599
4197
24200
2606
4209
24300
2613
4222
24400
2620
4234
24500
2627
4247
24600
2634
4259
24700
2641
4271
24800
2648
4284
24900
2655
4296
25000
2662
4308
25100
2669
4321
25200
2676
4333
25300
2683
4345
25400
2690
4357
25500
2696
4369
25600
2702
4381
25700
2708
4393
25800
2714
4405
25900
2720
4417
26000
2726
4429
26100
2732
4440
26200
2738
4452
26300
2744
4464
26400
2750
4476
26500
2756
4487
26600
2762
4499
26700
2768
4511
26800
2774
4522
26900
2780
4534
27000
2786
4545
27100
2792
4556
27200
2798
4568
27300
2804
4579
27400
2810
4590
27500
2816
4602
27600
2822
4613
27700
2828
4624
27800
2834
4635
27900
2840
4646
28000
2846
4657
28100
2852
4668
28200
2858
4679
28300
2864
4690
28400
2870
4701
28500
2876
4712
28600
2882
4723
28700
2888
4734
28800
2894
4744
28900
2900
4755
29000
2906
4766
29100
2912
4776
29200
2918
4787
29300
2924
4797
29400
2930
4808
29500
2936
4818
29600
2942
4829
29700
2948
4839
29800
2954
4849
29900
2960
4860
30000
2966
4870
30100
2972
4880
30200
2978
4890
30300
2984
4901
30400
2990
4911
30500
2996
4921
30600
3002
4931
30700
3008
4941
30800
3014
4951
30900
3020
4960
31000
3026
4970
31100
3032
4980
31200
3038
4990
31300
3044
5000
31400
3050
5009
31500
3056
5019
31600
3062
5029
31700
3068
5038
31800
3074
5048
31900
3080
5057
32000
3086
5067
32100
3092
5076
32200
3098
5085
32300
3104
5095
32400
3110
5104
32500
3116
5113
32600
3122
5123
32700
3128
5132
32800
3134
5141
32900
3140
5150
33000
3146
5159
33100
3152
5168
33200
3158
5177
33300
3164
5186
33400
3170
5195
33500
3176
5204
33600
3182
5212
33700
3188
5221
33800
3194
5230
33900
3200
5239
34000
3206
5247
34100
3212
5256
34200
3218
5265
34300
3224
5273
34400
3230
5282
34500
3236
5290
34600
3242
5298
34700
3248
5307
34800
3253
5315
34900
3258
5323
35000
3263
5332
35100
3268
5340
35200
3273
5348
35300
3278
5356
35400
3283
5364
35500
3288
5372
35600
3293
5380
35700
3298
5388
35800
3303
5396
35900
3308
5404
36000
3313
5412
36100
3318
5420
36200
3323
5428
36300
3328
5435
36400
3333
5443
36500
3338
5451
36600
3343
5458
36700
3348
5466
36800
3353
5473
36900
3358
5481
37000
3363
5488
37100
3368
5496
37200
3373
5503
37300
3378
5510
37400
3383
5518
37500
3388
5525
37600
3393
5532
37700
3398
5539
37800
3403
5547
37900
3408
5554
38000
3413
5561
38100
3418
5568
38200
3423
5575
38300
3428
5582
38400
3433
5588
38500
3438
5595
38600
3443
5602
38700
3448
5609
38800
3453
5616
38900
3458
5622
39000
3463
5629
39100
3468
5636
39200
3473
5642
39300
3478
5649
39400
3483
5655
39500
3488
5662
39600
3493
5668
39700
3498
5674
39800
3503
5681
39900
3508
5687
40000
3513
5693
40100
3518
5700
40200
3523
5706
40300
3528
5712
40400
3533
5718
40500
3538
5724
40600
3543
5730
40700
3548
5736
40800
3553
5742
40900
3558
5748
41000
3563
5754
41100
3568
5759
41200
3573
5765
41300
3578
5771
41400
3583
5777
41500
3588
5782
41600
3593
5788
41700
3598
5794
41800
3603
5799
41900
3607
5805
42000
3611
5810
42100
3615
5815
42200
3619
5821
42300
3623
5826
42400
3627
5831
42500
3631
5837
42600
3635
5842
42700
3639
5847
42800
3643
5852
42900
3647
5857
43000
3651
5862
43100
3655
5867
43200
3659
5872
43300
3663
5877
43400
3667
5882
43500
3671
5887
43600
3675
5892
43700
3679
5897
43800
3683
5901
43900
3687
5906
44000
3691
5911
44100
3695
5915
44200
3699
5920
44300
3703
5924
44400
3707
5929
44500
3711
5933
44600
3715
5938
44700
3719
5942
44800
3723
5946
44900
3727
5951
45000
3731
5955
45100
3735
5959
45200
3739
5963
45300
3743
5968
45400
3747
5972
45500
3751
5976
45600
3755
5980
45700
3759
5984
45800
3763
5988
45900
3767
5991
46000
3771
5995
46100
3775
5999
46200
3779
6003
46300
3783
6007
46400
3787
6010
46500
3791
6014
46600
3795
6018
46700
3799
6021
46800
3803
6025
46900
3807
6028
47000
3811
6032
47100
3815
6035
47200
3819
6038
47300
3823
6042
47400
3827
6045
47500
3831
6048
47600
3835
6052
47700
3839
6055
47800
3843
6058
47900
3847
6061
48000
3851
6064
48100
3855
6067
48200
3859
6070
48300
3863
6073
48400
3867
6076
48500
3871
6079
48600
3874
6081
48700
3877
6084
48800
3880
6087
48900
3883
6090
49000
3886
6092
49100
3889
6095
49200
3892
6098
49300
3895
6100
49400
3898
6103
49500
3901
6105
49600
3904
6107
49700
3907
6110
49800
3910
6112
49900
3913
6114
50000
3916
6117
For income less than $1,600 the obligation is based upon the resources and living expenses of each household. Minimum support may not be less than $50 per child per month except when allowed by RCW 26.19.065(2).
1600
218
182
161
1700
231
194
171
1800
245
205
180
1900
258
216
190
2000
271
227
200
2100
285
239
210
2200
298
250
220
2300
311
261
230
2400
325
272
239
2500
338
283
249
2600
351
294
259
2700
365
305
269
2800
378
317
279
2900
391
328
288
3000
405
339
298
3100
418
350
308
3200
431
361
318
3300
444
372
328
3400
458
384
337
3500
471
395
347
3600
484
406
357
3700
496
416
366
3800
503
422
371
3900
511
428
377
4000
518
434
382
4100
526
440
388
4200
531
445
392
4300
537
450
396
4400
543
455
400
4500
548
459
404
4600
554
464
408
4700
559
469
412
4800
566
474
417
4900
573
480
422
5000
580
486
428
5100
587
492
433
5200
594
498
438
5300
602
504
443
5400
609
510
449
5500
616
516
454
5600
623
522
459
5700
627
525
462
5800
630
528
465
5900
634
531
467
6000
637
534
470
6100
641
537
472
6200
644
540
475
6300
648
543
477
6400
651
545
480
6500
656
549
483
6600
665
557
490
6700
674
564
497
6800
683
572
503
6900
692
579
510
7000
701
587
516
7100
710
594
523
7200
719
602
530
7300
727
609
536
7400
734
615
541
7500
740
620
545
7600
745
624
549
7700
751
629
554
7800
756
634
558
7900
762
638
562
8000
767
643
566
8100
773
647
570
8200
778
652
574
8300
783
656
577
8400
788
660
581
8500
793
664
584
8600
797
668
588
8700
802
672
591
8800
807
676
595
8900
812
680
599
9000
817
684
602
9100
822
689
606
9200
828
694
611
9300
835
699
616
9400
841
705
620
9500
848
710
625
9600
854
716
630
9700
861
721
635
9800
867
727
639
9900
874
732
644
10000
879
737
648
10100
885
741
652
10200
890
745
656
10300
895
750
660
10400
900
754
664
10500
906
759
668
10600
911
763
672
10700
916
767
675
10800
921
772
679
10900
924
774
681
11000
926
776
683
11100
928
778
684
11200
931
780
686
11300
933
782
688
11400
936
784
690
11500
938
786
692
11600
940
788
693
11700
943
790
695
11800
945
792
697
11900
948
794
699
12000
950
796
700
12100
2871
3208
3527
12200
2893
3232
3553
12300
2914
3256
3580
12400
2935
3280
3607
12500
2956
3304
3633
12600
2977
3328
3660
12700
2998
3352
3686
12800
3020
3376
3713
12900
3041
3400
3739
13000
3062
3423
3766
13100
3082
3447
3792
13200
3103
3471
3818
13300
3124
3494
3845
13400
3145
3518
3871
13500
3166
3542
3897
13600
3186
3565
3923
13700
3207
3588
3949
13800
3228
3612
3975
13900
3248
3635
4001
14000
3269
3659
4027
14100
3290
3682
4053
14200
3310
3705
4079
14300
3330
3728
4105
14400
3351
3752
4131
14500
3371
3775
4157
14600
3392
3798
4182
14700
3412
3821
4208
14800
3432
3844
4234
14900
3452
3867
4259
15000
3473
3890
4285
15100
3493
3913
4311
15200
3513
3936
4336
15300
3533
3959
4362
15400
3553
3981
4387
15500
3573
4004
4412
15600
3593
4027
4438
15700
3613
4050
4463
15800
3632
4072
4488
15900
3652
4095
4513
16000
3672
4117
4539
16100
3692
4140
4564
16200
3711
4162
4589
16300
3731
4185
4614
16400
3751
4207
4639
16500
3770
4230
4664
16600
3790
4252
4689
16700
3809
4274
4714
16800
3829
4296
4739
16900
3848
4319
4764
17000
3867
4341
4788
17100
3887
4363
4813
17200
3906
4385
4838
17300
3925
4407
4862
17400
3945
4429
4887
17500
3964
4451
4912
17600
3983
4473
4936
17700
4002
4495
4961
17800
4021
4516
4985
17900
4040
4538
5010
18000
4059
4560
5034
18100
4078
4582
5058
18200
4097
4603
5083
18300
4116
4625
5107
18400
4134
4647
5131
18500
4153
4668
5155
18600
4172
4690
5179
18700
4191
4711
5204
18800
4209
4733
5228
18900
4228
4754
5252
19000
4246
4775
5276
19100
4265
4797
5300
19200
4284
4818
5324
19300
4302
4839
5347
19400
4320
4860
5371
19500
4339
4882
5395
19600
4357
4903
5419
19700
4375
4924
5442
19800
4394
4945
5466
19900
4412
4966
5490
20000
4430
4987
5513
20100
4448
5008
5537
20200
4466
5028
5560
20300
4484
5049
5584
20400
4502
5070
5607
20500
4520
5091
5631
20600
4538
5112
5654
20700
4556
5132
5677
20800
4574
5153
5701
20900
4592
5173
5724
21000
4609
5194
5747
21100
4627
5215
5770
21200
4645
5235
5793
21300
4663
5255
5816
21400
4680
5276
5839
21500
4698
5296
5862
21600
4715
5316
5885
21700
4733
5337
5908
21800
4750
5357
5931
21900
4768
5377
5954
22000
4785
5397
5977
22100
4802
5417
5999
22200
4820
5438
6022
22300
4837
5458
6045
22400
4854
5478
6067
22500
4871
5498
6090
22600
4888
5517
6113
22700
4905
5537
6135
22800
4923
5557
6158
22900
4940
5577
6180
23000
4956
5597
6202
23100
4973
5616
6225
23200
4990
5636
6247
23300
5007
5656
6269
23400
5024
5675
6291
23500
5041
5695
6314
23600
5057
5714
6336
23700
5074
5734
6358
23800
5091
5753
6380
23900
5107
5773
6402
24000
5124
5792
6424
24100
5141
5811
6446
24200
5157
5831
6468
24300
5173
5850
6490
24400
5190
5869
6512
24500
5206
5888
6533
24600
5223
5907
6555
24700
5239
5926
6577
24800
5255
5945
6598
24900
5271
5964
6620
25000
5287
5983
6642
25100
5304
6002
6663
25200
5320
6021
6685
25300
5336
6040
6706
25400
5352
6059
6728
25500
5368
6078
6749
25600
5384
6096
6770
25700
5400
6115
6792
25800
5415
6134
6813
25900
5431
6152
6834
26000
5447
6171
6855
26100
5463
6189
6876
26200
5478
6208
6898
26300
5494
6226
6919
26400
5510
6244
6940
26500
5525
6263
6961
26600
5541
6281
6982
26700
5556
6299
7003
26800
5572
6318
7023
26900
5587
6336
7044
27000
5602
6354
7065
27100
5618
6372
7086
27200
5633
6390
7106
27300
5648
6408
7127
27400
5664
6426
7148
27500
5679
6444
7168
27600
5694
6462
7189
27700
5709
6480
7209
27800
5724
6498
7230
27900
5739
6516
7250
28000
5754
6533
7271
28100
5769
6551
7291
28200
5784
6569
7311
28300
5799
6586
7332
28400
5813
6604
7352
28500
5828
6622
7372
28600
5843
6639
7392
28700
5858
6656
7412
28800
5872
6674
7432
28900
5887
6691
7452
29000
5901
6709
7472
29100
5916
6726
7492
29200
5931
6743
7512
29300
5945
6760
7532
29400
5959
6778
7552
29500
5974
6795
7572
29600
5988
6812
7591
29700
6002
6829
7611
29800
6017
6846
7631
29900
6031
6863
7650
30000
6045
6880
7670
30100
6059
6897
7690
30200
6073
6914
7709
30300
6087
6931
7729
30400
6101
6947
7748
30500
6115
6964
7767
30600
6129
6981
7787
30700
6143
6998
7806
30800
6157
7014
7825
30900
6171
7031
7844
31000
6184
7047
7864
31100
6198
7064
7883
31200
6212
7080
7902
31300
6226
7097
7921
31400
6239
7113
7940
31500
6253
7130
7959
31600
6266
7146
7978
31700
6280
7162
7997
31800
6293
7178
8016
31900
6307
7195
8035
32000
6320
7211
8053
32100
6333
7227
8072
32200
6347
7243
8091
32300
6360
7259
8109
32400
6373
7275
8128
32500
6386
7291
8147
32600
6399
7307
8165
32700
6412
7323
8184
32800
6426
7338
8202
32900
6439
7354
8221
33000
6451
7370
8239
33100
6464
7386
8257
33200
6477
7401
8276
33300
6490
7417
8294
33400
6503
7433
8312
33500
6516
7448
8330
33600
6528
7464
8348
33700
6541
7479
8367
33800
6554
7495
8385
33900
6566
7510
8403
34000
6579
7525
8421
34100
6592
7541
8439
34200
6604
7556
8457
34300
6616
7571
8474
34400
6629
7586
8492
34500
6641
7602
8510
34600
6654
7617
8528
34700
6666
7632
8545
34800
6678
7647
8563
34900
6690
7662
8581
35000
6702
7677
8598
35100
6715
7692
8616
35200
6727
7706
8633
35300
6739
7721
8651
35400
6751
7736
8668
35500
6763
7751
8686
35600
6775
7766
8703
35700
6787
7780
8720
35800
6798
7795
8738
35900
6810
7809
8755
36000
6822
7824
8772
36100
6834
7839
8789
36200
6845
7853
8806
36300
6857
7867
8823
36400
6869
7882
8840
36500
6880
7896
8857
36600
6892
7910
8874
36700
6903
7925
8891
36800
6915
7939
8908
36900
6926
7953
8925
37000
6937
7967
8942
37100
6949
7981
8958
37200
6960
7996
8975
37300
6971
8010
8992
37400
6983
8024
9008
37500
6994
8038
9025
37600
7005
8051
9042
37700
7016
8065
9058
37800
7027
8079
9075
37900
7038
8093
9091
38000
7049
8107
9107
38100
7060
8120
9124
38200
7071
8134
9140
38300
7082
8148
9156
38400
7092
8161
9172
38500
7103
8175
9189
38600
7114
8188
9205
38700
7125
8202
9221
38800
7135
8215
9237
38900
7146
8229
9253
39000
7156
8242
9269
39100
7167
8255
9285
39200
7178
8269
9301
39300
7188
8282
9317
39400
7198
8295
9333
39500
7209
8308
9348
39600
7219
8321
9364
39700
7229
8334
9380
39800
7240
8347
9395
39900
7250
8360
9411
40000
7260
8373
9427
40100
7270
8386
9442
40200
7280
8399
9458
40300
7290
8412
9473
40400
7300
8425
9489
40500
7310
8438
9504
40600
7320
8450
9519
40700
7330
8463
9535
40800
7340
8476
9550
40900
7350
8488
9565
41000
7359
8501
9580
41100
7369
8513
9595
41200
7379
8526
9611
41300
7389
8538
9626
41400
7398
8550
9641
41500
7408
8563
9656
41600
7417
8575
9671
41700
7427
8587
9686
41800
7436
8600
9700
41900
7446
8612
9715
42000
7455
8624
9730
42100
7464
8636
9745
42200
7474
8648
9759
42300
7483
8660
9774
42400
7492
8672
9789
42500
7501
8684
9803
42600
7510
8696
9818
42700
7519
8708
9832
42800
7529
8720
9847
42900
7538
8732
9861
43000
7546
8743
9876
43100
7555
8755
9890
43200
7564
8767
9904
43300
7573
8778
9919
43400
7582
8790
9933
43500
7591
8802
9947
43600
7599
8813
9961
43700
7608
8824
9975
43800
7617
8836
9989
43900
7625
8847
10003
44000
7634
8859
10017
44100
7643
8870
10031
44200
7651
8881
10045
44300
7659
8892
10059
44400
7668
8904
10073
44500
7676
8915
10087
44600
7685
8926
10100
44700
7693
8937
10114
44800
7701
8948
10128
44900
7709
8959
10141
45000
7717
8970
10155
45100
7726
8981
10169
45200
7734
8992
10182
45300
7742
9003
10196
45400
7750
9013
10209
45500
7758
9024
10222
45600
7766
9035
10236
45700
7774
9046
10249
45800
7781
9056
10262
45900
7789
9067
10275
46000
7797
9077
10289
46100
7805
9088
10302
46200
7812
9098
10315
46300
7820
9109
10328
46400
7828
9119
10341
46500
7835
9130
10354
46600
7843
9140
10367
46700
7850
9150
10380
46800
7858
9160
10393
46900
7865
9171
10406
47000
7872
9181
10418
47100
7880
9191
10431
47200
7887
9201
10444
47300
7894
9211
10456
47400
7902
9221
10469
47500
7909
9231
10482
47600
7916
9241
10494
47700
7923
9251
10507
47800
7930
9260
10519
47900
7937
9270
10532
48000
7944
9280
10544
48100
7951
9290
10556
48200
7958
9299
10569
48300
7965
9309
10581
48400
7971
9319
10593
48500
7978
9328
10605
48600
7985
9338
10617
48700
7992
9347
10630
48800
7998
9357
10642
48900
8005
9366
10654
49000
8011
9375
10666
49100
8018
9385
10678
49200
8025
9394
10690
49300
8031
9403
10701
49400
8037
9412
10713
49500
8044
9422
10725
49600
8050
9431
10737
49700
8056
9440
10748
49800
8063
9449
10760
49900
8069
9458
10772
50000
8075
9467
10783
The economic table is presumptive for combined monthly net incomes up to and including $50,000. When combined monthly net income exceeds $50,000, the court may exceed the presumptive amount of support set for combined monthly net incomes of $50,000 upon written findings of fact.