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CA ACR21
Concurrent Resolution
Status
Passed
9/18/2012
Primary Sponsor
Mike Davis
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AI Summary
- Proclaims August 2012 as Child Support Awareness Month in California
- Recognizes the California Department of Child Support Services' mission to enhance child well-being and family self-sufficiency through locating parents, establishing paternity, and enforcing financial and medical support orders
- Notes that child support collections in California totaled $2.3 billion in fiscal year 2010-2011, with $1.8 billion distributed directly to families and $500 million to government agencies for public assistance and foster care recoupment
- Highlights that child support increases family self-sufficiency, reduces child poverty, and positively affects children's educational achievement, with one in four children nationally served by child support programs
- Encourages parents behind on child support payments to contact their local county child support agency during August 2012 to make payments, seek order modifications, establish repayment plans, or negotiate compromises on overdue balances
Legislative Description
Family law: Child Support Awareness Month.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 127, Statutes of 2012.
9/18/2012
Committee Referrals
Rules8/6/2012
Full Bill Text
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