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SF0084 • 2014

Child support payment.

AN ACT relating to domestic relations and child support; clarifying daily support obligation; clarifying notice to payor may be delivered electronically as specified; amending provisions relating to driver's license suspension; and providing for an effective date.

Children
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Ross
Last action
2014-03-07
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2014

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2014-03-07 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2014-03-06 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0022

  3. 2014-03-04 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0022

  4. 2014-03-04 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0022

  5. 2014-02-28 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0022

  6. 2014-02-28 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2014-02-27 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2014-02-26 House

    H Passed CoW

  9. 2014-02-25 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2014-02-25 House

    H01 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2014-02-20 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  12. 2014-02-18 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2014-02-18 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2014-02-17 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2014-02-14 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  16. 2014-02-14 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2014-02-14 Senate

    S01 Recommended Do Pass

  18. 2014-02-12 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  19. 2014-02-11 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2014-02-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
SF0084
Drafter:

LNS

LSO No.:
14LSO-0241
Effective Date:

7/1/2014

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0022

Chapter No.:
CH0035

Prime Sponsor:
Senator Ross

Catch Title:
Child support payment.

Subject:
Child
support.

Summary/Major
Elements:

The act clarifies the definition of daily support
obligation in computing a reduction in child support when the noncustodial
parent has physical custody of a child for fifteen or more consecutive days.

Currently the Department of Family Services may administratively
suspend the drivers license of a person who has failed to pay more than $5,000
in child support and who has not made a payment for at least three months.
This act clarifies that a full monthly payment must be made to avoid the
drivers license suspension.

The act also clarifies that notice to payors, such as
employers, may be made electronically if the payor consents.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0084

ENROLLED ACT NO. 22, SENATE

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2014 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to domestic relations and child support; clarifying daily support obligation; clarifying notice to payor may be delivered electronically as specified; amending provisions relating to driver
'
s license suspension; 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(a
)
,
20
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6
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111(f)(intro) and
20
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6
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210(a)(intro) are amended to read:

20
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2
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305.

Abatements.

(a)

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, child support shall abate by one-half (1/2) of the daily support obligation for each day the noncustodial parent has physical custody of the child for whom support is due, provided that the noncustodial parent has custody of the child for fifteen (15) or more consecutive days.
The d
aily support obligation shall be computed by multiplying the monthly child support obligation by twelve (12) and dividing the product by three hundred and sixty-five (365).

For the purposes of computing abatement and determining whether the noncustodial parent has met the consecutive day requirement of this subsection, overnight and weekend visits with the custodial parent during the period for which abatement is claimed shall be disregarded.

20
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6
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111.

Driver's license suspension; nonpayment of child support; administrative hearings.

(f)

The department may determine that a driver's license suspension may be better achieved through an administrative suspension if the obligor owes more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in unpaid child support
and the obligor has not made a
full monthly

child support payment either voluntarily or through income withholding for a period of at least ninety (90) consecutive days prior to the determination. The department shall notify the obligor by certified mail, with return receipt requested, or by personal service if notification by certified mail was unsuccessful, that the obligor is in arrears in a child support obligation and that the obligor's driver's license as defined in W.S. 31-7-102(a)(xxv) shall be suspended by the department of transportation sixty (60) days after the date the obligor receives the notice unless the obligor:

20
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6
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210.

Notice to payor.

(a)

The notice to payor shall be prepared and the original notice filed with the clerk
.

and
A
copy of the notice
shall be

mailed or served pursuant to W.S. 20
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6
‑
203
to the payor and to the obligor
. Notice to the payor
also

may
be served by d
elivering a copy by electronic means
if
consented to by the
payor
.
Notice to the payor and obligor shall be
mailed or served
by:

Section 2.

Th
is act is effective July 1, 2014.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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