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outstanding obligations, necessary expenses, the number and ages of defendant's children, and spousal income that is available to the defendant. A defendant is considered indigent if: 1. The defendant's net household income does not exceed 125% of the Poverty Guidelines as established and revised annually by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and published in the Federal Register; and 2. The value of the non - exempt assets and property owned by the defendant: (i) does not exceed $2,500.00; (ii) does not exceed $5.000.00 in the case of a defendant whose household includes a person who is age 60 or over, disabled, or institutionalized; or (iii) does not exceed double the estimated cost of obtaining competent private legal representation on the offense(s) with which the defendant is charged. (C) The following table indicates income levels guidelines: The income levels in the following table represent 125% of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines for 2008. 1 ............................... ........................$10,400 2 ........................ ............................... 14,000 3 ........................ ............................... 17,600 4 ........................ ............................... 21,200 5 ........................ ............................... 24,800 6 ........................ ............................... 28,400 7 ........................ ............................... 32,000 8 ........................ ............................... 35,600 For family units with more than eight members, add $3,600 for each additional member in the family when determining 125% of Poverty. A defendant is considered indigent if, at the time of requesting appointed counsel, the defendant or the defendant's dependents have been determined to be eligible to receive food stamps, Medicaid,