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There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the amount of the award which would result from the application of the guidelines is the correct amount of child support to be awarded. In order to rebut the presumption, the Department shall make written findings in its order that the application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case as determined by relevant evidence pertaining to support for other children in the household or other children for whom any administrative or court order exists, or relevant evidence pertaining to imputed income to a person who is voluntarily unemployed or who fails to provide verification of income upon request of the Department, provided that income may not be imputed to the custodial parent because (i) a child is not regularly attending school, (ii) child care services are not available, or (iii) the cost of such child care services are not added to the basic child support obligation. In addition, a party’s current incarceration, as defined in \u00a7 8.01-195.10, for 180 or more consecutive days shall not be deemed voluntary unemployment or voluntary underemployment. Additional factors that may lead to rebuttal of the presumption shall be determined by Department regulation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":222928,"text":"The Department shall set child support at the amount resulting from computations pursuant to the guideline set out in \u00a7 20-108.2 in determining the required monthly support obligation, the amount of support obligation arrearage, if any, and the amount to be paid periodically against such arrearage. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the amount of the award which would result from the application of the guidelines is the correct amount of child support to be awarded. In order to rebut the presumption, the Department shall make written findings in its order that the application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case as determined by relevant evidence pertaining to support for other children in the household or other children for whom any administrative or court order exists, or relevant evidence pertaining to imputed income to a person who is voluntarily unemployed or who fails to provide verification of income upon request of the Department, provided that income may not be imputed to the custodial parent because (i) a child is not regularly attending school, (ii) child care services are not available, or (iii) the cost of such child care services are not added to the basic child support obligation. In addition, a party’s current incarceration, as defined in \u00a7 8.01-195.10, for 180 or more consecutive days shall not be deemed voluntary unemployment or voluntary underemployment. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 907 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 599; in 1992, chapter 79; in 1996, chapters 947<\/a> and 1029<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 527<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57853,"section_number":"63.2-1922","catch_line":"Commissioner may set amount of debt accrued where no court order or final divorce decree","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1922\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":78437,"section_number":"20-108.2","catch_line":"Guideline for determination of child support; quadrennial review by Child Support Guidelines Review Panel; executive summary","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-108.2\/"},{"id":78034,"section_number":"8.01-195.10","catch_line":"Purpose; action by the General Assembly required; definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-195.10\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272565,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60960,"identifier":"63.2-1918","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/4\/63.2-1918","url":"\/63.2-1918\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1918\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/4\/63.2-1918","dublin_core":{"Title":"Administrative establishment of obligations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1918","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall set child<\/span> support at the amount resulting from computations pursuant to the guideline set out in \u00a7 20-108.2<\/a> in determining the required monthly support obligation, the amount of support obligation arrearage, if any, and the amount to be paid periodically against such arrearage. There shall be a rebuttable presumption<\/span> that the amount of the award which would result from the application of the guidelines is the correct amount of child<\/span> support to be awarded. In order to rebut the presumption<\/span>, the Department<\/span> shall make written findings<\/span> in its order that the application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case as determined by relevant evidence<\/span> pertaining to support for other children in the household or other children for whom any administrative or court order<\/span> exists, or relevant evidence<\/span> pertaining to imputed income<\/span> to a person who is voluntarily unemployed or who fails to provide verification of income<\/span> upon request of the Department<\/span>, provided that income<\/span> may not be imputed to the custodial parent<\/span> because (i) a child<\/span> is not regularly attending school, (ii) child<\/span> care services are not available, or (iii) the cost of such child<\/span> care services are not added to the basic child<\/span> support obligation. In addition, a party<\/span>’s current incarceration, as defined in \u00a7 8.01-195.10<\/a>, for 180 or more consecutive days shall not be deemed voluntary unemployment or voluntary underemployment. Additional factors that may lead to rebuttal<\/span> of the presumption<\/span> shall be determined by Department<\/span> regulation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMINISTRATIVE ESTABLISHMENT OF OBLIGATIONS (\u00a7 63.2-1918)\n\nThe Department shall set child support at the amount resulting from computations\npursuant to the guideline set out in \u00a7 20-108.2 in determining the required\nmonthly support obligation, the amount of support obligation arrearage, if any,\nand the amount to be paid periodically against such arrearage. There shall be a\nrebuttable presumption that the amount of the award which would result from the\napplication of the guidelines is the correct amount of child support to be\nawarded. In order to rebut the presumption, the Department shall make written\nfindings in its order that the application of the guidelines would be unjust or\ninappropriate in a particular case as determined by relevant evidence pertaining\nto support for other children in the household or other children for whom any\nadministrative or court order exists, or relevant evidence pertaining to imputed\nincome to a person who is voluntarily unemployed or who fails to provide\nverification of income upon request of the Department, provided that income may\nnot be imputed to the custodial parent because (i) a child is not regularly\nattending school, (ii) child care services are not available, or (iii) the cost\nof such child care services are not added to the basic child support obligation.\nIn addition, a party’s current incarceration, as defined in \u00a7\n8.01-195.10, for 180 or more consecutive days shall not be deemed voluntary\nunemployment or voluntary underemployment. Additional factors that may lead to\nrebuttal of the presumption shall be determined by Department regulation.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 907, \u00a7 63.1-264.2; 1989, c. 599; 1992, c. 79; 1996, cc. 947,\n1029; 2002, c. 747; 2022, c. 527.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}