Plain English Breakdown
The provided metadata lists conflicting status information: one field says 'Passed Legislature' while another says 'Held under submission'. The summary reflects the text of the bill as if it were enacted, but its final legal status is unclear from this data alone.
Changes to How Child Support Information Is Shared and Collected
This law requires parents in child support cases to share personal details before filing a case using a new secure online system, directs all payments through the State Disbursement Unit, and treats court orders as automatic applications for state enforcement services unless someone chooses not to use them.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the Department of Child Support Services to create a confidential electronic portal for sharing personal data.
- Moves the deadline for parents to share their address and Social Security number from after the court order to before filing the proposed judgment or order.
- Requires that all child support payments be directed to the State Disbursement Unit instead of other options like county officers.
- Treats every court order for payment of child support as an application for state enforcement services under federal law.
- Allows parents receiving support to choose not to use these state services if they are allowed by state or federal law to do so.
Who It Names or Affects
- Parents who must pay child support (obligors).
- Parents or guardians who receive child support payments (obligees).
- Courts that issue child support orders.
- Local county agencies and the state Department of Child Support Services.
Terms To Know
- Obligor
- The person who is legally required to pay child support.
- Obligee
- The parent or guardian who receives the child support payments for a minor child.
- State Disbursement Unit
- A state office that collects and sends out all child support money.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law does not specify an effective date in the provided text.
- Parents can only skip the new services if other laws allow them to do so; some may still be required to use them.
- Reimbursement for extra work by local agencies depends on whether the Commission on State Mandates determines that costs are mandated.