https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/Recent content in Chapter 518A — Child Support on MinnesotaLawyer.comHugoen-ushttps://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.01/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.01/This section has been repealed or relocated.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.02/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.02/This section has been repealed or relocated.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.03/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.03/This section has been repealed or relocated.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.04/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.04/This section has been repealed or relocated.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.05/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 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+0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.25/This section has been repealed or relocated.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.26/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.26/This section defines key terms used in Minnesota’s child support laws, including what counts as ‘gross income,’ who is an ‘obligor’ (the parent who pays support), and who is an ‘obligee’ (the parent who receives support). It also explains what qualifies as a ‘child’ for support purposes.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.27/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.27/This section requires every child support or maintenance order to clearly state how much is for child support and how much is for spousal maintenance. It also requires the paying parent to notify the other parent and the child support agency within 60 days of any address change.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.28/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.28/This section requires both parents in a child support case to share detailed financial information, including pay stubs, tax returns, and other income documents. If a parent fails to provide this information, the court can set their income based on other available evidence.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.29/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.29/This section explains what counts as ‘gross income’ for calculating child support in Minnesota. Gross income includes wages, salaries, commissions, self-employment income, unemployment benefits, pensions, Social Security benefits, and other regular payments. It does not include public assistance, a new spouse’s income, or child support received for other children.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.30/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.30/This section explains how income from self-employment or owning a business is calculated for child support purposes. It equals gross receipts minus the cost of goods sold minus ordinary and necessary business expenses.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.31/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.31/This section explains how Social Security benefits and veterans benefits paid for a child are counted in child support calculations. These benefits are included in the paying parent’s gross income and can reduce the amount of child support they owe.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.32/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.32/If a parent is voluntarily unemployed, underemployed, or not working full time, the court can calculate child support based on what that parent could be earning instead of what they actually earn. This is called ‘potential income’ or ‘imputed income.’https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.33/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.33/This section explains how a parent’s child support obligation is reduced when that parent also has legal responsibility for children from another relationship. The deduction is 75% of the guideline amount for those other children.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.34/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.34/This law sets out the step-by-step method courts use to calculate how much child support a parent must pay. The court looks at both parents’ incomes, applies the state guidelines, and adjusts for parenting time, child care costs, and medical support.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.35/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.35/This section contains the official child support guideline table that Minnesota courts use to calculate how much child support a parent must pay. The amount is based on both parents’ combined monthly income and the number of children. The guideline covers incomes up to $20,000 per month and up to six children.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.36/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.36/This section adjusts the child support amount based on how much parenting time each parent has. The more overnight time the paying parent has with the child, the lower the support payment, because that parent is already spending money on the child during that time.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.37/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.37/This section requires the court to put its child support findings in writing, including each parent’s income. If the court deviates from the guideline amount, it must explain why and how the deviation serves the child’s best interests.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.38/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.38/This section authorizes courts to order child support when a marriage ends through divorce, legal separation, or annulment. It also covers seasonal income, dependency exemptions for taxes, and situations where the child lives with the paying parent.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.39/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.39/A parent can ask the court to change a child support order if there has been a big change in circumstances, such as a major increase or decrease in income, a change in child care costs, or a change in health insurance. The change is presumed if the new calculated amount would be at least 20 percent and $75 per month different from the current order.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.40/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.40/In addition to basic child support, Minnesota courts must order both parents to share work-related or school-related child care costs based on each parent’s share of their combined income. The amount is adjusted for any federal and state child care tax credits the custodial parent can claim.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.41/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.41/Every child support order in Minnesota must address medical support for the child. This includes which parent provides health insurance, how premium costs are shared, and how uninsured or unreimbursed medical expenses (like co-pays and deductibles) are split between the parents.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.42/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.42/This section provides a self-support adjustment so that a low-income parent who pays child support can still meet their own basic needs. If the paying parent’s income is very low, the court reduces the support amount.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.43/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.43/A Minnesota court can order child support that is higher or lower than the standard guideline amount if there are special reasons. These reasons include a child’s extraordinary needs, the parents’ debts, the standard of living the child would have had if the parents were together, and the parent’s ability to afford the self-support reserve.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.44/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.44/This section protects child support payments from being seized by creditors. Child support money held by the public authority cannot be attached or taken to pay other debts.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.45/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.45/This section establishes the child support payment center and requires all child support payments to be made through the public authority rather than directly between parents, unless the court orders otherwise.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.46/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.46/Minnesota has an expedited child support process that allows child support cases involving public assistance or applications for child support services to be handled more quickly. The child support agency can take certain enforcement actions without going to court, including ordering genetic testing, issuing subpoenas, and starting income withholding.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.47/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.47/This section allows the court or public authority to require the paying parent to post a bond or give security to guarantee future child support payments when there is a risk the parent will not pay.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.48/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.48/This section allows the court to hold a parent in contempt for failing to pay child support. Contempt can result in fines or jail time until the parent complies with the support order.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.49/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.49/This section allows the public authority to intercept federal and state tax refunds to collect past-due child support.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.50/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.50/This section requires financial institutions to report certain account information to the child support agency to help locate parents who owe child support and to identify assets that can be used to collect past-due support.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.51/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.51/This section establishes income withholding (wage garnishment) as the primary method for collecting child support in Minnesota. An employer must withhold child support from the paying parent’s paycheck and send it to the payment center.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.52/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.52/This section allows the child support agency to place a lien on the personal property of a parent who owes past-due child support, including bank accounts, vehicles, and other assets.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.53/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.53/In Minnesota, child support is collected through automatic income withholding from the paying parent’s paycheck. Every child support order must include income withholding, and the employer must deduct the support amount and send it to the state. The employer cannot fire or punish a worker because of a withholding order.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.54/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.54/This section provides additional enforcement tools for collecting child support, including the ability to suspend occupational, professional, and recreational licenses of parents who owe past-due support.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.55/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.55/This section authorizes the public authority to report parents who owe past-due child support to consumer credit reporting agencies, which can negatively affect the parent’s credit score.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.56/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.56/This section allows the public authority to deny or revoke a passport for a parent who owes more than $2,500 in past-due child support.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.57/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.57/This section allows the child support agency to subpoena financial records and other information from third parties to help establish, modify, or enforce child support orders.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.58/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.58/This section provides for the collection of child support through the seizure of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and other periodic benefits owed to the paying parent.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.59/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.59/This section allows the child support agency to seek a court order requiring a parent who owes past-due support to seek employment or participate in job training programs.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.60/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.60/In Minnesota, unpaid child support (arrears) does not go away when the child turns 18. The state can continue to use all enforcement tools to collect the debt, including income withholding, license suspension, and asset seizure. If no current support amount exists, the arrears are repaid at the same rate as the last support order.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.61/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.61/This section allows the public authority to use the state revenue recapture program to collect past-due child support from state tax refunds and other government payments.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.62/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.62/This section allows parties to negotiate and reduce past-due child support debts through a compromise agreement. Both the parent owed support and the public authority must agree to any reduction.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.63/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.63/This section authorizes the child support agency to place a lien on insurance claim payments, settlements, and awards owed to a parent who has past-due child support.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.64/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.64/This section allows the child support agency to seize funds from financial accounts of parents who owe past-due child support after providing proper notice and an opportunity to contest the seizure.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.65/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.65/If a parent falls behind on child support by three months or more and does not have a payment agreement, the court or the child support agency can suspend their driver’s license. The parent gets at least 90 days to set up a payment plan before the suspension takes effect.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.66/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.66/This section addresses the priority of child support liens compared to other liens and claims against the same property. Child support obligations generally receive high priority.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.67/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.67/This section allows the child support agency to notify the paying parent’s employer about the support obligation and require the employer to provide information about the parent’s employment, income, and benefits.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.68/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.68/If a parent owes six months or more of unpaid child support and has no payment agreement, the court can suspend their hunting and fishing licenses. This can only be used after other enforcement methods have failed.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.685/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.685/If a parent falls three months behind on child support payments in Minnesota, the child support agency can report the debt to credit bureaus. The parent must be given 30 days’ written notice before the report is made, and can prevent it by paying in full, requesting a review for mistakes, or entering a payment agreement.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.69/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.69/This section establishes payment agreements that allow parents to pay child support in alternative ways when standard income withholding is not practical, such as for self-employed parents.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.70/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.70/This section addresses the enforcement of child support orders across state lines, working with the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to ensure support orders are enforceable nationwide.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.71/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.71/This section creates the position of child support magistrate, who is a judicial officer authorized to hear and decide child support cases.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.72/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.72/This section describes the powers and duties of child support magistrates, including the authority to conduct hearings, take evidence, and make decisions in child support cases.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.73/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.73/This section establishes the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) process for child support orders. Support amounts are automatically adjusted every two years to keep pace with changes in the cost of living.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.735/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.735/This section provides that if the paying parent becomes incarcerated for 180 days or more, there is a rebuttable presumption that modification of child support is appropriate.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.74/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.74/This section addresses administrative processes for establishing and modifying child support orders without requiring a court hearing in every case, streamlining the process for straightforward cases.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.75/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.75/Child support and maintenance orders in Minnesota include automatic cost-of-living adjustments every two years, based on the Consumer Price Index. The paying parent must be notified at least 20 days before the increase takes effect and has the right to contest the adjustment.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.76/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.76/This section governs how the public authority processes and distributes child support payments, including the priority of payments when there are multiple obligations or arrears.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.77/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.77/This section addresses the assignment of child support rights to the state when a parent receives public assistance. When a family receives government benefits, the state can collect child support to reimburse itself.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.78/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.78/This section requires employers to report newly hired employees to the state so the child support agency can quickly locate parents who owe support and set up income withholding.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.79/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.79/This section establishes penalties for employers who fail to comply with income withholding orders for child support, including liability for the amounts that should have been withheld.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.80/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.80/This section prohibits employers from firing or disciplining an employee because of a child support income withholding order. Employers who retaliate can face penalties.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.81/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.81/This section defines ‘public assistance’ for child support purposes and establishes the rules for when child support rights are assigned to the state, including MFIP, general assistance, and medical assistance.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.82/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.82/This section allows the county to seek child support from parents whose children are placed in foster care or other out-of-home settings. Parents remain financially responsible for their children even when the children are not in their care.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.83/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.83/This section addresses the interplay between child support and public assistance overpayments, ensuring that child support collections are properly allocated between the family and the state.https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.84/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://minnesotalawyer.com/statutes/chapter-518a/518a.84/This section provides for the recovery of child support debts from the estates of deceased parents. If a parent dies while owing past-due child support, the debt can be collected from their estate.