Child support: license suspensions.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill changes how child support agencies can suspend or deny driver’s licenses. Currently, they can withhold licenses if an obligor is behind on payments. This bill expands this authority to include all state licenses, not just driver’s licenses, and creates a process to determine if an obligor’s income is low enough to exempt them from license suspension. It also requires agencies to notify obligors of the suspension and provide a way to challenge it and includes a presumption of lower income if documentation isn't provided.
Key provisions
- Expands license suspension authority to include all state licenses, not just driver’s licenses.
- Creates a process to determine if an obligor’s income is at or below 70% of the median county income to exempt them from suspension.
- Requires child support agencies to notify obligors of license suspension and provide a way to challenge it.
- Establishes a presumption that an obligor’s income is below 70% of the median county income if they don’t provide income documentation.
- Requires agencies to hold income documentation for 6 months if the obligor’s income is at or below 70% of the median income.
- Requires agencies to request updated income documentation if the obligor becomes delinquent on child support payments.
- Creates a rebuttable presumption that the obligor makes more than 70% of the median income if the obligor does not submit employment and income documentation.
- Requires local child support agencies to send a notice to a support obligor found to be out of compliance with a judgment or order for support requesting them to submit employment and income documentation.
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