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GA HB1687
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/4/2022
Primary Sponsor
Ron Stephens
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AI Summary
- Amends Georgia Code Section 19-6-15 to extend the duty of child support beyond the age of majority for disabled children, requiring support to continue until the child dies, marries, or becomes emancipated
- Defines "disabled child" as an individual with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities and who meets disability criteria under state or federal law
- Retains existing provisions that child support for non-disabled children ends at age of majority, death, marriage, or emancipation, whichever occurs first
- Preserves existing court discretion to order financial assistance for unmarried, unemancipated children still attending secondary school after reaching the age of majority, up to age 20
- Sponsored by Representative Stephens of the 164th District during the 2022 legislative session
Legislative Description
Domestic relations; authorize child support for disabled adults
Last Action
House Hopper
4/4/2022
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