NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota's PTA appropriately results in no presumptive child support transfer payment when parental income and parenting time are both equal.

North Dakota's PTA has a very high threshold of 100 days.

North Dakota's PTA has a large discontinuity (or discontinuities), creating a large cliff effect or multiple cliff effects.

North Dakota's PTA underestimates the fixed, duplicated costs involved in shared parenting.

North Dakota's PTA does not take into account the effect on the payer parent's household.

North Dakota statutes require a court to consider a “friendly parent” factor in determining the best interest of a child. N.D. CENT. CODE § 14-09-06.2.1(e).

North Dakota statutes treat false allegations of abuse as a factor in custody decisions. N.D. CENT. CODE § 14-09-06.2.1.l

North Dakota has no statutory preference for, or presumption of, shared parenting (joint legal custody and shared physical custody) for temporary or final orders.

North Dakota statutes do not explicitly provide for shared parenting during temporary orders.

North Dakota statute does not contain any policy statement or other language encouraging shared parenting.

North Dakota statutes explicitly designate “a parent with more than 50 percent of the residential responsibility” as a “custodial parent” and “a parent with less than 50 percent of the residential responsibility” as a “noncustodial parent.” N.D. CENT. CODE § 14-09-06.2.1(e) This fails to resolve the terminology when each parent has 50 percent of the residential responsibility.