Child support; calculation of gross income for determination, rental income.
Summary
Calculation of gross income for determination of child support; rental income. Provides that for the calculation of gross income for the purposes of determining child support, rental income shall be subject to the deduction of reasonable expenses. The bill further provides that the party claiming any such deduction has the burden of proof to establish such expenses by a preponderance of the evidence. This bill is in response to Ellis v. Sutton-Ellis, Va. App. No. 0710-20-1 (June 22, 2021).
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 1, 2022
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 3, 2022
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 427 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101711D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
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