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4068.  (a) The Judicial Council may develop the following:
   (1) Model worksheets to assist parties in determining the
approximate amount of child support due under the formula provided in
subdivision (a) of Section 4055 and the approximate percentage of
time each parent has primary physical responsibility for the
children.
   (2) A form to assist the courts in making the findings and orders
required by this article.
   (b) The Judicial Council, in consultation with representatives of
the State Department of Social Services, the California Family
Support Council, the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Assembly
Judiciary Committee, the Family Law Section of the State Bar of
California, a legal services organization providing representation on
child support matters, a custodial parent group, and a noncustodial
parent group, shall develop a simplified income and expense form for
determining child support under the formula provided in subdivision
(a) of Section 4055, by June 1, 1995. The Judicial Council, also in
consultation with these groups, shall develop factors to use to
determine when the simplified income and expense form may be used and
when the standard income and expense form must be used.

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