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Child Support Guideline Review Panel

Health and Human Resources

Purpose

The purpose of the Child Support Guidelines Review Panel is to provide quadrennial review of the guidelines for the determination of child support. The Panel shall determine the adequacy of the guideline for the determination of appropriate awards for the support of children by considering current research and data on the cost of and expenditures necessary for rearing children, and any other resources it deems relevant to such review.

Term

Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office; nonlegislative members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor

Composition

The Panel shall consist of fifteen members as follows: three members of the House Committee for Courts of Justice, upon the recommendation of the chairman of such committee, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; one member of the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice, upon the recommendation of the chairman of such committee, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and one representative of a juvenile and domestic relations district court, one representative of a circuit court, one representative of the Department of Social Services' Division of Child Support Enforcement, three members of the Virginia State Bar, two custodial parents, two noncustodial parents, and one child advocate, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, to be appointed by the Governor.

Vacant Seats

End Date: At the pleasure of the Governor

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Member:Miss Lauren Roaseau

Seat: Custodial Parent

End Date: At the pleasure of the Governor

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