2003 House Bill 5371 ↩

House Roll Call 131: Passed

To limit the "incarceration credits" that allow the reduction of child support payments, which is allowed for a parent who is incarcerated in prison and is without resources to pay. The bill would specify that payments could not be reduced by more than 25 percent or 75 percent depending on the sentence, and unpaid amounts would be added to the person's past-due arrearage. However, no additional non-payment surcharges could accrue while the parent was imprisoned and without resources to pay. Under current law, the maximum amount of the credit is established by administrative regulations, not statute.