Bill Text: NJ A815 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows child support payor to petition court for accounting of recipient's disposition of child support funds under certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee [A815 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A815-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOSEPH CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Allows child support payor to petition court for accounting of recipient's disposition of child support funds under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning accountability for child support payments and supplementing chapter 34 of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Subject to the provisions of subsection b. of this act, a parent paying child support pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2A:34-23 may, at any time, file a motion to require an accounting by the parent receiving the child support on behalf of the child. The accounting would concern all funds expended on the child's behalf, and would be used by the court in determining whether the funds are being misused or not fulfilling the child's needs. If such motion is granted by the court, the accounting shall include, but not be limited to, the disposition of all funds received from the child support payor and all funds expended by the recipient on behalf of the child.
b. Any motion filed by a child support payor pursuant to this act shall be accompanied by the payor's sworn affidavit that the payor has reasonable grounds to question whether the child support funds are being spent appropriately, and setting forth those grounds in detail.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill allows any parent paying child support to file a motion with the court to require an accounting by the parent receiving the child support on behalf of the child. The accounting would concern all funds expended on the child's behalf and would be used by the court in determining whether the funds are being misused or not fulfilling the child's needs.
The parent paying child support is required to include with the motion a sworn affidavit that the parent has reasonable grounds to question whether the child support funds are being spent appropriately, and setting forth those grounds in detail.
If the motion is granted by the court, the accounting by the child support recipient shall include, but not be limited to, the disposition of all funds received from the parent paying child support and all funds expended by the recipient on behalf of the child.
