South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 4031

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Altman
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11633ac03.doc

Introduced in the House on April 23, 2003
Introduced in the Senate on May 19, 2003
Last Amended on May 14, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Child support, provisions to reduce an individual's pay if the person is called to active duty and there is a reduction in income

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/23/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-8
   4/23/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-9
    5/7/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-6
   5/13/2003  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). JE Smith, Howard, 
                        Cobb-Hunter, JH Neal, Sheheen, Breeland and Coleman 
                        HJ-13
   5/14/2003  House   Debate adjourned until Thursday, May 15, 2003 HJ-30
   5/14/2003  House   Reconsidered HJ-33
   5/14/2003  House   Amended HJ-33
   5/14/2003  House   Debate adjourned until Thursday, May 15, 2003 HJ-34
   5/15/2003  House   Read second time HJ-47
   5/15/2003  House   Roll call Yeas-103  Nays-0 HJ-48
   5/15/2003  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-48
   5/16/2003  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-2
   5/19/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/19/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-6
   5/19/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/23/2003
5/7/2003
5/14/2003
5/15/2003
5/19/2003

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AMENDED

May 15, 2003

H. 4031

Introduced by Rep. Altman

S. Printed 5/15/03--H.    [SEC 5/19/03 10:03 AM]

Read the first time April 23, 2003.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-87 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL SERVING IN THE MILITARY IS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN A TIME OF WAR AND IS UNDER A COURT-ORDERED OBLIGATION TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT, A REDUCTION IN THAT INDIVIDUAL'S PAY, DUE TO BEING CALLED INTO ACTIVE DUTY, CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE INDIVIDUAL'S CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS MUST BE REDUCED BY A PERCENTAGE COMMENSURATE WITH THE PERCENTAGE REDUCTION IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S PAY; TO PROVIDE THAT NEITHER A CHILD SUPPORT NOR SPOUSAL SUPPORT ARREARAGE MAY ACCRUE AGAINST SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL DURING ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE; AND TO REQUIRE THE INDIVIDUAL TO NOTIFY THE FAMILY COURT WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL IS DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE DUTY.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Chapter 7, Title 20 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 20-7-87.    (A)    If a person serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, or the National Guard or any other federal or state military organization, is called to active duty and that individual is under a duty to pay child support or spousal support pursuant to a court order, any reduction in the amount of pay the individual receives due to being called into active duty constitutes a de facto material change of circumstances for the purpose of reducing the individual's child support obligation proportionally. Upon the individual submitting an affidavit to the clerk of family court, and supporting documentation demonstrating the reduction in pay, the clerk, in cases in which the individual pays the support through the family court, or the family court judge, ex parte, in all other cases, shall reduce the individual's child support and spousal support obligation by the amount the same percentage that the individual's pay was reduced.

(B)    An individual whose child support obligation is affected by subsection (A) shall notify the family court within thirty days of being discharged from active duty, and the support payments shall then be restored to the previous level, subject to further consideration by the court."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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