Okla. Stat. tit. 43 § 118

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 118 - Child support guidelines

A. There shall be a rebuttable presumption in any judicial or administrative proceeding for the award of child support, that the amount of the award which would result from the application of the following guidelines is the correct amount of child support to be awarded.

B. The Schedule of Basic Child Support Obligations assumes that all families incur certain child-rearing expenses and includes in the basic child support obligation an average amount to cover these expenses for various levels of the parents' combined income and number of children, comprised of housing, food, transportation, basic public educational expenses, clothing, and entertainment.

Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 118

Added by Laws 1988, SB 417, c. 224, § 1, emerg. eff. 6/20/1988; Renumbered from 12 O.S. § 1277.7 by Laws 1989, SB 121, c. 333, §1, eff. 11/1/1989; Amended by Laws 1989, SB 291, c. 362, §2, eff. 11/1/1989; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 1991, c. 251, §1, eff. 9/1/1992; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1692, c. 307, §2, emerg. eff. 6/7/1993; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 1492, c. 356, §14, eff. 9/1/1994; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 783, c. 185, §1, eff. 9/1/1994 (repealed by Laws 1995, HB 1012, c. 1, §40, emerg. eff. 3/2/1995); Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1012, c. 1, §13, emerg. eff. 3/2/1995; Amended by Laws 1997, SB 706, c. 402, §13, emerg. eff. 7/1/1997; Amended by Laws 1997, SB 731, c. 403, §11, eff. 11/1/1997; Amended by Laws 1998 , SB 1342, c. 323, §8, eff. 10/1/1998; Amended by Laws 1999 , SB 689, c. 422, §2, eff. 11/1/1999; Amended by Laws 2000 , HB 2190, c. 345, §2, emerg. eff. 6/6/2000; Amended by Laws 2000, 1st Extr. Sess., SB 6, c. 9, §1, emerg. eff. 6/30/2000; Amended by Laws 2002 , SB 1538, c. 314, §3, eff. 11/1/2002; Amended by Laws 2004 , HB 2527, c. 393, §3, emerg. eff. 6/3/2004; Amended by Laws 2006 , HB 1908, c. 74, §2(repealed by Laws 2007 , HB 2195, c. 1, §26, emerg. eff. 2/22/2007); Amended by Laws 2006 , HB 2598, c. 127, §2, eff. 11/1/2006; Amended by Laws 2007 , HB 2195, c. 1, §25, emerg. eff. 2/22/2007; Amended by Laws 2008 , SB 2194, c. 407, §1, eff. 7/1/2009.