The bill amends the laws concerning child support in Arkansas by expanding the guidelines that the family support chart should provide. Specifically, it revises the requirements for the committee appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to update the family support chart. The new language mandates that the committee must include numeric guidelines for support related to parenting time schedules that account for more than 141 overnight stays with the payor parent or the equivalent per year. This revision is required to be completed by January 1, 2024.

Additionally, the bill removes the previous deadline of March 1, 2020, for the committee to revise the family support chart. The changes aim to ensure that the guidelines reflect a more comprehensive approach to parenting time and support calculations, thereby potentially improving the fairness and accuracy of child support determinations in Arkansas.

Statutes affected:
SB 563: 9-12-312(a)