H4327
An Act to enforce support orders for adult children in need of support
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Bill overview
This bill aims to strengthen the enforcement of support orders specifically for adult children who are considered ‘in need of support.’ It seeks to improve the process of collecting and ensuring that financial support obligations are met for these individuals. The bill intends to provide greater clarity and resources for both the recipients of support and the entities responsible for providing it. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure that adult children receiving support orders receive the financial assistance they are entitled to.
Key provisions
- Requires the Department of Children and Families to develop guidelines for enforcing support orders for adult children in need of support.
- Establishes a process for identifying and prioritizing support orders that are not being fulfilled.
- Allows for the use of liens and other enforcement mechanisms to collect unpaid support.
- Provides for expedited hearings in cases where support orders are not being met.
- Mandates reporting of non-compliance with support orders to the Department of Children and Families.
- Clarifies the definition of ‘adult children in need of support’ for the purposes of this law.
- Addresses issues related to the calculation and payment of support obligations.
Who is affected
- Adult children
- Parents obligated to provide support
- The Department of Children and Families
- The Judiciary
- Individuals in need of financial assistance
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Primary sponsor
Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Cosponsors
Adrianne Pusateri Ramos
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Bill H.4327 194th (Current)
An Act to enforce support orders for adult children in need of support
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Bill Information
Sponsor: Joint Committee on the Judiciary Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
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Displaying 6 actions for Bill H.4327
| Date | Branch | Action |
| 7/30/2025 | House | Reported from the committee on The Judiciary |
| 7/30/2025 | House | New draft of H1668 |
| 7/30/2025 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 8/28/2025 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 8/28/2025 | House | Rules suspended |
| 8/28/2025 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
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