HF 2456 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cost-of-living adjustments in maintenance or child support orders repealed, and conforming changes made.

HF 2456 repeals automatic cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for child support and maintenance orders in Minnesota, ending the practice of increasing payments annually to match inflation. Instead, any adjustment to the payment amount would require a formal court request, which would only apply from the date the request is filed - not retroactively. The bill also amends related statutes (including Minnesota Statutes 518.68, 518A.34, 518A.40, and 518A.41) to remove references to these automatic adjustments. This change directly affects individuals under existing court-ordered child support or maintenance obligations.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

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Governor

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action Apr 7, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill removes the automatic cost-of-living adjustment mechanism for child support and maintenance orders in Minnesota. It repeals the statute governing these adjustments and amends related forms to clarify that future adjustments will no longer be applied, effectively freezing support amounts at their current levels unless modified by a court.

Scope change

The bill changes the scope of child support enforcement by eliminating a specific statutory mechanism (cost-of-living adjustments) that previously allowed support amounts to automatically increase every two years based on inflation.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for courts to automatically adjust child support and maintenance orders every two years based on the Consumer Price Index.

Repealed Minnesota Statutes section 518A.75, which established the legal framework, notice procedures, and contest processes for cost-of-living adjustments.

TIMELINE

Amended court forms to indicate that cost-of-living adjustments are no longer applicable for any orders established on or after January 1, 2027.

DEFINITION

Updated the text of the bill to change the description from 'repealing cost-of-living adjustments' to 'removing cost-of-living adjustments' to reflect the legislative action.

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Committee

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Children and Families Finance and Policy

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor