Current Status Bill Number:3886 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970409 Primary Sponsor:Neilson All Sponsors:Neilson, J. Hines, Govan, Bailey, Knotts, Lloyd, Stoddard, Cato, Hinson, Barrett, Maddox, Bauer, Dantzler, H. Brown, Campsen, G. Brown, Inabinett, Barfield, Seithel, Battle, Rice, Phillips, Koon, Edge, Stille, Vaughn, McCraw, Littlejohn, Limbaugh, Davenport, Walker, Young-Brickell, Riser, Gamble, J. Smith, Askins, Harrison and Harvin Drafted Document Number:kgh\15078ac.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Family court, domestic relations, child support payments, parent to make accounting of expenditures, Minors
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House 19970409 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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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, as last amended by Act 446 of 1996, is further 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.