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SB237 ENGROSSED SB237 IQFMWWZ-2 By Senators Coleman, Coleman-Madison RFD:
IQFMWWZ-1 04/03/2024 GP (L)lg 2024-1078 SUB SB237 CHILDREN AND YOUTH HEALTH SUBSTITUTE TO SB237 OFFERED BY SENATOR STUTTS 2 4 SYNOPSIS:
Children and Youth Health First Read:
Under existing law, a parent may be required to pay retroactive child support in paternity cases for two years preceding the filing of the paternity action.
19-Mar-24 Page 0 SB237 Engrossed 2 4 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 9 Relating to child support;
This bill would require child-support orders entered within the first year after the birth of a child to be retroactive to nine months prior to the child's birth.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to child support;
(b) An order adjudicating parentage must identify the child by name and date of birth, if known.
(b) An order adjudicating parentage must identify the Page 1 child by name and date of birth, if known.
(1) Parties to proceedings under this chapter should pay the fees and expenses of retained counsel, expert witnesses, guardians ad litem, the costs of appropriate tests, Page 1 SB237 Engrossed and other costs of the trial as they may, themselves, incur.
(1) Parties to proceedings under this chapter should pay the fees and expenses of retained counsel, expert witnesses, guardians ad litem, the costs of appropriate tests, and other costs of the trial as they may, themselves, incur.
(2) When an action is brought by the Department of Human Resources, its agent, the district attorney, or an attorney authorized to represent the State of Alabama, no fee shall be paid to the clerk of the court but may be taxed as a cost of the action as provided herein.
Page 2 (2) When an action is brought by the Department of Human Resources, its agent, the district attorney, or an attorney authorized to represent the State of Alabama, no fee shall be paid to the clerk of the court but may be taxed as a cost of the action as provided herein.
Page 2 SB237 Engrossed (d) When a party bringing an action is represented by the district attorney or an attorney authorized to represent the State of Alabama, no filing fee shall be paid to the clerk of the court but may be taxed as a cost of the action as provided herein.
(d) When a party bringing an action is represented by the district attorney or an attorney authorized to represent the State of Alabama, no filing fee shall be paid to the clerk of the court but may be taxed as a cost of the action as provided herein.
Upon paternity being established, the court shall immediately determine support payments at the conclusion of the paternity hearing and make support payment determination including the provision for medical support or health insurance a part of the order establishing paternity.
Upon paternity being established, the court shall immediately determine support payments at the conclusion of the paternity hearing and make Page 3 support payment determination including the provision for medical support or health insurance a part of the order establishing paternity.
Page 3 SB237 Engrossed (h) If a child-support order is entered within the first year after the birth of the child, the order shall be retroactive to nine months prior to the birth of the child.
(h) If a child-support order is entered within the first year after the birth of the child, the order shall be retroactive to nine months prior to the birth of the child.
(i) The provisions of this article do not extend the 95 time within which a right of inheritance or a right to a succession may be asserted beyond the time provided by law relating to distribution and closing of decedents' estates or to the determination of heirship, or otherwise." Section 2.
(i) The provisions of this article do not extend the time within which a right of inheritance or a right to a succession may be asserted beyond the time provided by law relating to distribution and closing of decedents' estates or to the determination of heirship, or otherwise." Section 2.
Page 4 SB237 Engrossed Senate Read for the first time and referred ................19-Mar-24 to the Senate committee on Children and Youth Health Read for the second time and placed ................04-Apr-24 on the calendar:
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0 amendments Read for the third time and passed ................09-Apr-24 as amended Yeas 33 Nays 0 Abstains 0 Patrick Harris, Secretary.
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