HB44 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Becky Nordgren

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Child support, employer who intentionable act to protect employee wages from child support withholding ordered shall be personally liable for the debt, Sec. 30-3-69.1 added

Summary

HB44 would make an employer personally liable for the amount of child support that could have been garnished if they pay employee wages in a way intended to shield those wages from garnishment.

What This Bill Does

It adds a new provision that holds certain employers personally responsible for the child support that could have been garnished. The liability applies when an employer pays wages in a manner meant to protect those wages from garnishment or withholding for child support. The liability is the same as if the employer had willfully failed to withhold or pay the required amounts. The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after it is passed and approved by the Governor.

Who It Affects

• Employers in Alabama who attempt to shield employee wages from wage garnishment for child support; they would be personally liable for the amount of child support that could have been garnished.
• Child support obligees (custodial parents) and enforcement authorities; they could recover owed child support from employers who try to shield wages, strengthening collection.

Key Provisions

• Adds new Section 30-3-69.1 to Article 3, Chapter 3, Title 30 of the Alabama Code to establish employer liability for wage shielding against child support garnishment.
• Provides that an employer who pays wages in a manner intended to protect wages from garnishment for child support shall be personally liable for the amount of child support that could have been garnished, as if it had been withheld.
• States the liability is to the same degree as an employer who willfully fails or refuses to withhold or pay the required amounts under Section 30-3-69.
• Effective date: the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval (or otherwise becoming law).

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Subjects

Child Support