Public Notice - 10/16/2023

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Updates have been made to our online calculator to support the adopted changes to the Child Support Guidelines (Civil Rule 90.3):

• Certain deductions from income are changed –

• the limit on voluntary retirement contributions and a parent’s health insurance premiums would be based on a parent’s total income, not just gross wages and self-employment income,
• a parent could deduct certain life insurance premiums capped at $1,200 annually;

• Adding a low-income child support calculation for a parent who earns $30,000 (annually) or less;
• Adding criteria on when potential income may be imputed to a parent and the factors to determine the amount of potential income;
• Requiring documentation of current pay and deductions in an annual child support review request;
• Decreasing the de facto custody time from nine to six months to trigger the defense of preclusion to collecting past due child support; and
• Increasing from $126,000 to $138,000 the maximum amount of income that will be used in the guidelines’ formulas to calculate the support due from high income earners.

Public Notice - 07/24/2023

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The Department of Revenue proposes to change regulations in 15 AAC 125 on Child Support Enforcement’ appeal timeframe for passport denial, revocation or limitation; procedures to contest income withholding; interest on child support arrears; and case closures, and conforming and clarifying changes related to these amendments.

The Department of Revenue proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 15, Chapter 125 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with Child Support Enforcement, including the following:

You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Chrysti Brevogel at dor.cssd.regulations@alaska.gov or Post Office Box 101365, Anchorage, AK 99510-1365. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. The Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and the Child Support Enforcement Division website, www.childsupport.alaska.gov.

If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Chrysti Brevogel at dor.cssd.regulations@alaska.gov or (907) 269-6834, TDD (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf) (907) 269-6894 not later than Wednesday, August 23, 2023, to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.

A copy of the proposed regulation changes is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Chrysti Brevogel at dor.cssd.regulations@alaska.gov or (907) 269-6834.

After the public comment period ends, the Department of Revenue will either adopt the proposed regulation changes or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action. The language of the final regulation may be different from that of the proposed regulation. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected. Written comments received are public records and are subject to public inspection.

Statutory authority: AS 25.25.604; AS 25.27.020; AS 25.27.025; AS 25.27.080; AS 25.27.140; AS 25.27.250

Statutes being implemented, interpreted, or made specific: AS 25.27.020

Fiscal information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

Supporting Documentation:

Proposed 4 Regulations 15 AAC 125.420(c)-875(a)_v5

Public Notice - 02/02/2023

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Public Notice - 11/17/2022

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Request for Comments

CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES
Civil Rule 90.3
Comments Due by December 19, 2022

Federal law requires a review of each state’s child support guidelines every four years to make sure that the guidelines result in appropriate amounts of child support. The Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court appointed a special committee to conduct this review of Alaska’s child support guidelines (Civil Rule 90.3). 

Last fall, the committee asked for general comments on the guidelines. Now the committee is recommending specific changes to the guidelines and inviting your comments on them. 

The recommendations include the following:

• Certain deductions from income are changed –

• the limit on voluntary retirement contributions and a parent’s health insurance premiums would be based on a parent’s total income, not just gross wages and self-employment income,
• a parent could deduct certain life insurance premiums capped at $1,200 annually;

• Adding a low-income child support calculation for a parent who earns $30,000 (annually) or less;
• Adding criteria on when potential income may be imputed to a parent and the factors to determine the amount of potential income;
• Requiring documentation of current pay and deductions in an annual child support review request;
• Decreasing the de facto custody time from nine to six months to trigger the defense of preclusion to collecting past due child support; and
• Increasing from $126,000 to $138,000 the maximum amount of income that will be used in the guidelines’ formulas to calculate the support due from high income earners.

You can find the full proposal on the court’s website at:
https://courts.alaska.gov/rules/index.htm#comments

If you wish to submit comments on the proposal, please send your comments by email to: 
Rule90.3@akcourts.gov 

or by mail to:
Rule 90.3
c/o Stacy Steinberg
Alaska Court System
820 West 4^th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501

The deadline for comments is December 19, 2022.

NOTE: All comments received are part of the public record and will not be treated as confidential by the Alaska Court System.

Public Notice - 08/17/2022

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The regulations from Public Notice 02/15/2022 have been adopted.  

To see details of the filing notification: Memorandum - File No.: 2021200334, Title 15 - Department of Revenue regulations re: Child Support Services Division (15 AAC 125.118(a); 15 AAC 125.327; 15 AAC 125.335(e); 15 AAC 125.480(e)) Filing Notice

Public Notice - 02/15/2022

(1) 15 AAC 125.118(a). Administrative review of notice and finding of financial responsibility, is proposed to be amended to remove the requirement that a request for administrative review shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt; amended to add that the request shall be sent by first class mail or electronic means.

(2) 15 AAC 125.327(d). Review of support orders at the request of a parent, is proposed to be amended to add the agency will refer the parent to the tribunal with jurisdiction for the review.

(3) 15 AAC 125.327(e). Review of support orders at the request of a parent, is proposed to amended to remove that the parent must provide financial and medical information listed in 15 AAC 125.040(b).

(4) 15 AAC 125.327(f). Review of support orders at the request of a parent, is proposed to be amended to remove the agency will review all information available including the financial and medical information submitted and, if appropriate, the data provided by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; amended to remove that not later than 30 days after the request the agency will provide the parents a child support calculation and the address of the court with authority to modify the support order.