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HB0251 • 2005

Child support abatement-weekends defined.

AN ACT relating to child support; defining "weekend" for purposes of child support abatement; and providing for an effective date.

Children
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Robinson
Last action
2005-03-03
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2005

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2005-03-03 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA0122

  2. 2005-03-03 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 204

  3. 2005-03-02 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0122

  4. 2005-03-01 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0122

  5. 2005-03-01 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0122

  6. 2005-03-01 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2005-02-28 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2005-02-25 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  9. 2005-02-24 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2005-02-24 Senate

    S01 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2005-02-09 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  12. 2005-02-09 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2005-02-09 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2005-02-08 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2005-02-07 House

    H Passed CoW

  16. 2005-02-02 House

    H Placed on General File

  17. 2005-02-02 House

    H01 Recommended Do Pass

  18. 2005-01-18 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  19. 2005-01-18 House

    H Received for Introduction

  20. 2005-01-17 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2005 General Session Summary for HB0251

Bill
No.:
HB0251
Drafter:

JHR

LSO
No.:
05LSO-0604
Effective Date:

7/1/2005

Enrolled
Act No.:
HEA0122

Chapter
No.:
204

Prime
Sponsor:
Representative Robinson

Catch
Title:
Child support abatement-weekends defined.

Subject:
Defines
"weekend for purposes of child support abatement.

Summary/Major
Elements:

Under current law, a noncustodial parent paying child support may request
an abatement of the daily child support for any periods where the parent has
custody of the child for 15 or more consecutive days. Any overnight or weekend period the child is with the custodial
parent is disregarded for purposes of computing the 15 consecutive day
requirement for abatement purposes.

This bill defines "weekend" for purposes of abatement to mean
any 2 consecutive day period, except if a legal holiday precedes or follows the
days constituting the weekend, the weekend shall consist of 3 days.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0251

ENROLLED ACT NO. 122, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2005 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to child support; defining "weekend" for purposes of child support abatement; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 20
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2
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305 by creating a new subsection (h) is amended to read:

20
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2
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305.

Abatements.

(h)

For purposes of this section, "weekend" means any two (2) consecutive days, except if a legal holiday precedes or follows the days constituting a weekend under this section the weekend shall consist of three (3) days.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2005.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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