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SB 1314 Judgment or child support order; pregnancy and delivery expenses.

Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Judgment or order for pregnancy and delivery expenses. Provides that in the event that the initial petition for the establishment of parentage is commenced within six months of the live birth of a child, the judgment or order shall, except for good cause shown or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, apportion between the legal parents, in proportion to the legal parents' gross incomes, as used for calculating the monthly child support obligation, (i) the mother's unreimbursed pregnancy and delivery expenses and (ii) those reasonable expenses incurred by either parent for the benefit of the child prior to the birth of the child. This bill is identical to HB 2290.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Judgment or child support order for pregnancy and delivery expenses. Provides that in the event that the initial petition for the establishment of parentage is commenced within six months of the live birth of a child, the judgment or order shall, except for good cause shown or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, apportion between the legal parents, in proportion to the legal parents' gross incomes, as used for calculating the monthly child support obligation, (i) the mother's unpaid or unreimbursed pregnancy and delivery expenses and (ii) those reasonable expenses incurred by either parent for the benefit of the child prior to the birth of the child..

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Judgment or child support order for pregnancy and delivery expenses. Authorizes a court, in a judgment or order establishing parentage or in a child support order, to direct the legal father to pay at least 50 percent of the mother's unpaid pregnancy and delivery expenses, as defined in the bill, and (i) in the case of a live birth, at least 50 percent of the mother's equivalent paid maternity leave, as defined in the bill, or (ii) in the case of a nonviable pregnancy or stillbirth, at least 50 percent of the mother's equivalent bereavement leave, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that the court is authorized to deviate from these amounts for good cause shown or by agreement of the parties.