Current Status Bill Number:3283 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950118 Primary Sponsor:Neilson All Sponsors:Neilson, Lloyd, McMahand, Littlejohn, Hines, D. Wilder, Easterday, Richardson, Chamblee, Wells, Rice, Koon, Allison, Rhoad, G. Brown, Gamble, Cato, Fair, Stoddard, Herdklotz, Davenport, Anderson, Mason and Byrd Drafted Document Number:gjk\21202ac.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Child support
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19950118 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-420, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE FAMILY COURT IN DOMESTIC MATTERS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE COURT TO REQUIRE A PARENT RECEIVING CHILD SUPPORT TO MAKE AN ACCOUNTING OF THE EXPENDITURES MADE FROM THE CHILD SUPPORT RECEIVED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-420 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:
"( ) To require, in its discretion and upon a showing of good cause, a parent or custodian of a child who receives child support on behalf of a child to submit to the parent paying the support or to the court, or both, at such times as the court requires, an accounting of expenditures made from the child support received and evidence of these expenditures as the court requires."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.