17th Annual AB 1058 Child Support Training - California Courts

281 Pages·2012·7.97 MB·English

17th Annual AB 1058
Child Support Training Conference
For Child Support Commissioners, Family Law Facilitators, Title IV-D Administrative
and Accounting Staff, Paralegals, and Court Clerks
September 24–27, 2013
Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel
Conference CD Usage Instructions
For Attendees of the 17th Annual AB 1058 Child Support Training Conference

The Center for Families, Children & the Courts (CFCC) is pleased to release this conference
CD, which serves as an electronic binder of handout materials from the 17th Annual AB 1058
Child Support Training Conference.
To navigate through this CD, please click through the outline of bookmarks that appears to
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The points of view expressed at the conference and in the conference materials are those of
the author(s) and presenter(s) and do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of
the Judicial Council of California.
We appreciate your attendance at the 17th Annual AB 1058 Child Support Training
Conference. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the editors:

Irene C. Balajadia
Program Coordinator
AB 1058 Child Support Unit
Center for Families, Children & the Courts
Judicial Council of California – Administrative Office of the Courts
phone: [phone]
e-mail: [email protected]

Marita B. Desuasido
Program Secretary
AB 1058 Child Support Unit
Center for Families, Children & the Courts
Judicial Council of California – Administrative Office of the Courts
phone: [phone]
e-mail: [email protected]
TABLE OF CONTENTS 

TAB A:   AB 1058 Primary Assignment Orientation 

TAB B:  New Child Support Commissioners’ Orientation 

TAB C:   Plenary Session: Welcomes & Updates/Affordable Care Act and Child Support 

TAB D:   Addressing Child Support Issues with Incarcerated and Recently Released Obligors 

TAB E:   Affordable Care Act: Impact on Title IV‐D Practices in the Court 

TAB F:   International Issues in Child Support Cases 

TAB G:   Roundtables: Child Support Commissioners/Family Law Facilitators/Paralegals 

TAB H:   Language Access: Civil Rights Laws and Your Work with LEP Court Customers 

TAB I:    New Family Law Facilitators’ Orientation 

TAB J:    AB 1058 Court Clerks’ Training 

TAB K:   AB 1058 Administration and Accounting 

TAB L:   Plenary Session: Case Law Update 

TAB M:   Income Determination: Calculating Child Support/Advanced 

TAB N:   Parentage Notwithstanding Genetics 

TAB O:   The Basics of Mindfulness for Self‐Care and Stress Management 

TAB P:   DCSS Guideline Calculator Training: Beginning/Experienced 

TAB Q:   UIFSA Refresher/Interjurisdictional Issues of Interest 

TAB R:   Domestic Violence Issues in Child Support Cases: A Trauma Informed Approach 

TAB S:   Qualifying Ethics 5 Core Course 

TAB T:   Cultural Complexities: Becoming Aware, Sensitive and Competent 

TAB U:   Ethics for Family Law Facilitators 

TAB V:   DCSS Presents 

TAB W:  Procedural How‐to’s for Child Support Commissioners 

TAB X:    Procedural How‐to’s for Family Law Facilitators
TAB P 

DCSS Guideline  
Calculator Training: 
Beginning/(cid:8)(cid:154)(cid:146)(cid:135)(cid:148)(cid:139)(cid:135)(cid:144)(cid:133)(cid:135)(cid:134)
17th Annual Child Support Training Conference
September 24-27, 2013 – Los Angeles

DCSS GUIDELINE CALCULATOR TRAINING

Presenters’ Contact Information (for questions):

Hon. David Gunn, Superior Court of Butte County:
[email protected]
Hon. Louise Bayles-Fightmaster, Superior Court of Sonoma County:
[email protected]
Hon. Nancy Staggs, Superior Court of Madera County:
[email protected]
Hon. Adam Wertheimer, Superior Court of San Diego County:
[email protected]
Hon. Rebecca Wightman, Superior Court of San Francisco County:
[email protected]

Public Guideline Calculator

Websites:
http://www.childsup.ca.gov [DCSS Home page – click “Calculate Child Support”]

http://www.childsup.ca.gov/Resources/CalculateChildSupport/tabid/114/Default.aspx
[Guideline Calculator Welcome page – contains Alerts, link to User Guide]

https://www.cse.ca.gov/ChildSupport/cse/guidelineCalculator
[Guideline Calculator “Portal” page – brings you directly to calculator program]

NOTE: On portal page – you must enter the # of children for whom you are calculating support. You
cannot change this number after staring a calculation (must start over).

Basic rules of navigation and default settings:
 Better to click OK/CANCEL/CALCULATE vs. browser back/forth buttons
 30-minute timeout unless click a hyperlink or refresh
 Timeshare is defaulted to 20% visitation value; additional check box makes the timeshare factor
of first-born the same as all other children and must be unchecked to enter different timeshare
values for other children.
 To print out Results – must click View Printable Results button
 Parent 1 = NCP (non-custodial parent); Parent 2 = CP (custodial parent)
 CP tax settings defaulted to include # of children calculating support
(must change if split custody case)

What to do if you are having problems:

E-mail DCSS: [email protected]

For Bench Officers: If you are having password issues (internal GC) – Contact the AOC’s CCTC
Helpdesk at 1-877-847-3042
TAB P 

DCSS Guideline Calculator 
Training–Beginning 

Hon. David E. Gunn & 
Hon. Nancy Staggs
17th Annual Child Support Training Conference
September 24-27, 2013
DCSS GUIDELINE CALCULATOR TRAINING
BEGINNING

Practice Exercise -- Scenario #1

Two children, ages 6 and 2, living primarily with Mom.

Timeshare: Dad has children every other weekend, shared or alternating holidays and
two weeks in the summer.

Parent 1 (NCP Dad) Parent 2 (CP Mom)

Single, 1 Head of Household, 3
$21.50/hr, 36 hrs/week (W-2) $500 per week
$350 health insurance, pre-tax child care $600: $100 for 6 yr old &
$100 mandatory retirement, pre-tax $500 for 2 yr old

Result: Total $963
c/s $663
c/c $300

What if Father argues that the child support is too high?
 FC 4061(b) allocation of child support?
Result: c/c $234
17th Annual Child Support Training Conference
September 24-27, 2013
DCSS GUIDELINE CALCULATOR TRAINING
BEGINNING

Practice Exercise -- Scenario #2

Three children, ages 0, 3 and 5, living primarily with Mom.

Timeshare: Dad has the 3 and 5 year old children every other weekend and one evening
per week; he has no visitation yet with infant.

Parent 1 (NCP Dad) Parent 2 (CP Mom)

Single, 1 Head of Household, 3
lives with parents
$8.50/hr, 25 hrs/week (W-2) on aid

Result: Total $365-$423 = guideline child support range with LIA

 Low income adjustment (LIA) must be selected (red error banner)

What if Dad asks for an imputation of income to Mom?
 Child care?

What if Mom is in the CalWorks Program? (likely exempt because of age of children)
Barron v. Superior Court (2009) 173 Cal. App. 4th 293

What if DCSS asks for a Seek Work Order for Dad? For Mom?
17th Annual Child Support Training Conference
September 24-27, 2013
DCSS GUIDELINE CALCULATOR TRAINING
BEGINNING

Practice Exercise -- Scenario #3

Two children, ages 14 and 8; 14 year old lives with Dad, 8 year old lives with Mom

Timeshare: Parents each have both children every other weekend, shared or alternating
holidays and two weeks in the summer.

Parent 1 (CP Dad) Parent 2 (CP Mom)

Head of Household, 2 Head of Household, 2
Worker’s Compensation $2200/mo $12,000 per month
$400 property tax
$2,500 mortgage interest
$450 health insurance, pre-tax
$500 401K
child care for 8 year old is $900/mo

Result: Total $1,135 (payable by Mom)
c/s $1,585
c/c $ -450
17th Annual Child Support Training Conference
September 24-27, 2013
DCSS GUIDELINE CALCULATOR TRAINING
BEGINNING

Practice Exercise -- Scenario #4

One child, age 17, lives with Mom.

No timeshare with Dad.

Parent 1 (NCP Dad) Parent 2 (CP Mom)

Married, files jointly with spouse (MFJ, 4) Head of Household, 2
Self-employment $3,500/mo $20.00/hr full time
Wife $1200/mo $350 health insurance, pre-tax
One biological child with Wife
One stepchild (Wife’s child)
Child support obligation for another child at $400/mo

Result: Total $518

FC 4071(a)(2) discretionary hardships allowed for natural or adopted children,
 Not for stepchildren (haggard v. Haggard (1995) 38 Cal. App. 4th 1566

What if Dad complains that child support is too high…any basis for a deviation or
departure from guideline – FC 4057?