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Arizona
Proposes Alimony-Based
Child Support
Arizona’s 2010 child support
review committee has proposed a radical new type
of child
support guideline. It is not based on child costs but has
the goal of closing the standard of living gap between
the custodial and noncustodial parent households. Traditional
child support guidelines are based on a claim of a tie to
child costs. The presumptive award table in the Arizona
proposal
is an
arbitrary closing of the standard
of living gap between the two parents. This so-called Child
Outcomes Based Support (COBS) model has no discoverable
economic foundation and has never been reviewed and approved
by economists on a peer review basis. The COBS model for
child support injects alimony issues into child support
in a state having one of the
most liberal alimony statutes
in the U.S.
Click here for
the recommendations (PDF) and here for
the committee's suppliment (PDF). Click here for
the full set of the state committee's public documents.
Arizona
Supreme Court Child Support Guidelines [HTML]
Results of the Latest Arizona Supreme Court Review of the Arizona
Child Support Guidelines. State law requires that the Arizona
Supreme Court review the Arizona Child Support Guidelines at
least once every four years to ensure that the application results
in the determination of appropriate child support amounts. The
current guidelines, adopted in 1996, were reviewed for changes
in 1999. The revised guidelines became effective after October
31, 2000.
Arizona Child Support Guidelines: Findings from a
Case File Review [PDF]
Submitted to the Supreme Court, State of Arizona, by Policy
Studies, Inc., Denver, CO on October 27, 1999
Review
of the Arizona Child Support Schedule [PDF]
June 28, 1999, Submitted to Supreme Court, State of Arizona,
by Policy Studies, Inc., Denver, CO. |
