5647357 Public Hearing on B21-0245, Uniform Interstate Family Support Revision Act of 2015, B21-0071, Child Support Guideline Revision Act of 2015, and B21-0199, Domestic Partnership Termination Recognition Amendment Act of 2015”
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Council of the District of Columbia
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
Notice of Public Hearing
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004
Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson
Committee on the Judiciary
Announces a Public Hearing on
Bill 21-0245, the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Revision Act of 2015”
Bill 21-0071, the “Child Support Guideline Revision Act of 2015”
and
Bill 21-0199, the “Domestic Partnership Termination Recognition Amendment Act of 2015”
Thursday, October 8, 2015, 10 a.m.
Room 120, John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
On Thursday, October 8, 2015, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary, will hold a public hearing on Bill 21-0245, the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Revision Act of 2015”, Bill 21-0071, the “Child Support Guideline Revision Act of 2015”, and Bill 21-0199, the “Domestic Partnership Termination Recognition Amendment Act of 2015”. The hearing will be held in Room 120 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., at 10 a.m.
The stated purpose of Bill 21-0245, the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Revision Act of 2015”, is to adopt amendments to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act via a uniform law drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Federal law requires the District to adopt this law to receive federal funding for child support enforcement. The law contains uniform procedures for processing international child support cases.
The stated purpose of B21-0071, the “Child Support Guideline Revision Act of 2015”, is to revise and update the District of Columbia’s child support guidelines to expand the definition of prerequisites or in-kind compensation to include military housing and food allowances; to allow a judicial officer to enter a minimum order where the paying parent is uncooperative and no reliable income information exists; to require the judicial officer to consider the well-being of the child and the subsistence needs of the parent owed support in applying the self-support reserve; to expand the factors a judicial officer may consider to determine whether the presumption of a $75 minimum order has been rebutted; to increase the presumptive minimum order amount to $75; and to provide for the starting date for orders and agreements.
The stated purpose of Bill 21-0199, the “Domestic Partnership Termination Recognition Amendment Act of 2015”, is to amend the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 to allow couples who formed domestic partnerships in other jurisdictions or the District of Columbia to terminate the domestic partnership and have that termination recognized by other jurisdictions.
The Committee invites the public to testify or to submit written testimony. Anyone wishing to testify at the hearing should contact Kate Mitchell, Committee Director, at (202) 727-8275, or via e-mail at kmitchell@dccouncil.us, and provide their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any) by close of business, October 2, 2015. Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. Witnesses should bring fifteen copies of their written testimony and, if possible, also submit a copy of their testimony electronically to kmitchell@dccouncil.us.
For witnesses who are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted either to the Committee or to Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 5, Washington, D.C. 20004. The record will close at the end of the business day on October 23, 2015.
