SB 368 Summary

• Expands child support enforcement services to include children receiving Medicaid or foster care assistance, not just temporary family assistance (TFA) program recipients.

• Redirects child support payments to the state of Connecticut for TFA, Medicaid, and foster care cases effective on the assistance grant date, with provisions for obligee refunds if redirection is objected to within ten business days.

• Establishes presumption of parental neglect and refusal to support in IV-D cases when application for services or financial/medical assistance is made, placing burden on obligor to rebut presumption.

• Revises arrearage payment guidelines to cap monthly payments at one dollar per week for obligors with income at or below 250% of federal poverty level, or 20% of imputed current support obligation for higher incomes.

• Creates new judicial marshal authority to serve capias mittimus in child support contempt matters and allows electronic transmission of income withholding orders to employers who agree to accept electronic service.