Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

FILED SENATE
                                                                                      Apr 5, 2023
                         GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                S.B. 649
                                     SESSION 2023           PRINCIPAL CLERK
     S                                                                   D
                              SENATE BILL DRS35226-NJ-47A
     Short Title:   Req. Work Training/Delinquent Child Support.                             (Public)
     Sponsors:      Senators Smith and Daniel (Primary Sponsors).
     Referred to:
 1                                    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 2   AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR WORK OR WORK-RELATED ACTIVITIES AS AN
 3      ALTERNATIVE REMEDY TO INCARCERATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
 4      DETERMINED TO BE DELINQUENT ON CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.
 5   The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
 6             SECTION 1. G.S. 50-13.4(f) reads as rewritten:
 7      "(f)   Remedies for enforcement of support of minor children shall be available as follows:
 8             …
 9             (9)   An order for the periodic payments of child support or a child support
10                   judgment that provides for periodic payments is enforceable by proceedings
11                   for civil contempt, and disobedience may be punished by proceedings for
12                   criminal contempt, as provided in Chapter 5A of the General Statutes.
13                       Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 1-294, an order for the payment of
14                   child support which has been appealed to the appellate division is enforceable
15                   in the trial court by proceedings for civil contempt during the pendency of the
16                   appeal. Upon motion of an aggrieved party, the court of the appellate division
17                   in which the appeal is pending may stay any order for civil contempt entered
18                   for child support until the appeal is decided, if justice requires.
19                       As a special condition of a contempt order, the court may direct the person
20                   into job search or dually specific education training. If the court selects this
21                   option, the court shall review the person's progress in 30-day intervals, at a
22                   minimum, unless the person is enrolled and actively participating in
23                   work-specific training. The person's enrollment in work-specific training shall
24                   not exceed six months and the person shall satisfy all the following
25                   requirements:
26                   a.       Pay a minimum of fifty dollars ($50.00) monthly of child support.
27                   b.       Notify the court upon completion from work-specific training.
28                   c.       Notify the court within 14 days of failing to satisfy the attendance
29                            requirements of work-specific training.
30             …."
31             SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
                                  *DRS35226-NJ-47A*
Statutes affected: 
Filed: 50-13.4
Edition 1: 50-13.4