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- Referred to social services
- Referred to social services
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Requires the noncustodial parent to pay the annual service fee for child support payments
In Assembly Committee · Social Services · Sponsor Michael Cusick
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Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the annual service fee for child support
Purpose
To require the non custodial parent to pay the annual service fee for child support payments.
Summary of provisions
§ 1 amends paragraph (a) of subsection 3 of section 111-g of the social services law, as added by section 1 of part z of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008. §2 is the effective date.
Justification
When a judge orders a non custodial parent that support payments be made automatically through the Support Enforcement Agency, the custodial parent is charged a yearly fee of $25 which is subtracted from the ordered amount set by the judge. Currently, Federal law requires each state to charge an annual fee of $25 for child support services to parents who have never received TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) benefits. The fee is charged during each federal fiscal year (October 1 - September 30)
To ensure justice, this fee should not be paid by custodial parents but by the non custodial parent who was ordered by a judge to make support payments. Many custodial parents have limited income and are living below the poverty level. This fee penalizes custodial parents who have turned to our justice system to ensure prompt payments are made by a deadbeat parent. This fee is counter productive to the support agency's goal of non custodial parents paying their fair share of child support. This bill would require that a non custodial parent pay the annual service fee for child support payments instead of it being deducted from the support payments which only penalizes those who are caring for their child.
Legislative history
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Fiscal implications
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Effective date
This act shall take effect April 1, 2009, however, if this act shall become a law after such date it shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force an effect on and after April 1, 2009.
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