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2025 bills / H.B. 384

H.B. 384 Child Support Requirements (2025)

Did not passWritten by Rep. Christine F. Watkins

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee (stopped here)
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

This bill would stop parents and other obligated people from owing child support to the state when a child is in state custody, such as with the Division of Child and Family Services or the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services. It would also bar juvenile courts from ordering such payments, require the Office of Recovery Services to stop collecting and cancel existing unpaid balances for those children, and repeal the current rules for these payments.

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Official description
  • provides that a parent or other obligated individual is not responsible to pay the state child support for a child who is in state custody, which includes custody of the Division of Child and Family Services and the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services
  • prohibits the juvenile court system from ordering child support to be paid to the state because a child is in state custody
  • requires the Office of Recovery Services to cease collection of past due amounts of child support ordered in connection with a child being in state custody and to forgive any outstanding balances owed for such child support obligations
  • modifies the duties of the Office of Recovery Services in relation to collection of child support for a child who is in state custody
  • modifies the duties of the attorney general in relation to collection of child support for a child who is in state custody
  • repeals provisions that permit and regulate child support while a child is in state custody
  • makes technical changes
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