E. If each child for whom a parental support obligation is being established has attained 12 years of age, a specific sum to be paid depending on the number of minor children remaining with the primary care provider. Because the support guidelines are based on the actual costs of raising a given number of children in a household, the order must provide a specific dollar amount for every combination of minor children. The Except as provided in paragraph G, the court or hearing officer may not apportion support between the parents by determining the parental support obligation amount and dividing by the total number of children; and

F. If the court or hearing officer ultimately determines that the order for current support is to be set under section 2007, the court or hearing officer shall incorporate into the order its the written findings of the court or hearing officer in support of the deviation.; and

Sec. 5. 19-A MRSA §2006, sub-§8, ¶G is enacted to read:

G.__With regard to any initial or modified child support order that affects more than one child and that was entered before January 18, 2005, unless that order states the manner in which the order must be modified upon the events listed in subparagraphs (1) to (4), that the order be automatically modified pursuant to this paragraph to address any of the following events:

(1)__Any child reaches 18 years of age and has graduated from secondary school;

(2)__Any child reaches 19 years of age without having graduated from secondary school;

(3)__Any child obtains an order of emancipation; or

(4)__Any child dies.

As of the date of an event listed in subparagraphs (1) to (4), the total child support amount stated in the order must be decreased by the child support amount assigned to that child in the worksheets accompanying the child support order or as set forth in the order.

Sec. 6. 19-A MRSA §2009, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: