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Section YAE.09.11 — High-Income Payors

(a) The Tribal Court may apply reduced percentages under Section YAE.09.07 if the payor is considered to earn high income. The Tribal Court may apply the following percentages to the proportion of a payor's monthly income available for child support that is greater than or equal to $7,000 and less than or equal to $12,500:

(1) 14% for one child

(2) 20% for two children

(3) 23% for three children

(4) 25% for four children

(5) 27% for five or more children

(b) The Tribal Court may apply the following percentages to the proportion of a payor's monthly income available for child support that is greater than $12,500:

(1) 10% for one child

(2) 15% for two children

(3) 17% for three children

(4) 19% for four children

(5) 20% for five or more children

(c) Medical support may be considered and one or both parents has accessible and affordable health coverage available for the child at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost is defined at no more than 5% of a parent's gross wages.

(1) Each parent may be ordered to pay one-half of the insurance premiums and any uncovered services.

(2) The Tribal Court may incorporate responsibility for contribution to the cost of private health insurance as an upward or downward adjustment to the payor's child support obligation.

(3) The Tribal Court may not order a parent whose income is below 150% of the federal poverty level to enroll a child in a private health insurance plan or contribute to the cost of a private health insurance plan unless there is no cost to the parents.