South Carolina House Bill 4558

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-09 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 20-3-132 So As To Require The Use Of Certain Spousal Benefit Payments To Offset Alimony Owed By The Payor Spouse; And To Amend Sections 20-3-120, 20-3-130, 20-3-150, 20-3-160, And 20-3-170, All Relating To Alimony, So As To Allow For Alimony In Actions For Separate Maintenance And Support, To Create Transitional Alimony And Fixed-term Alimony, To Provide For The Modifying And Suspending Of Certain Kinds Of Alimony, To Change The Definition Of "continued Cohabitation", And For Other Purposes.

Spousal benefit payments

Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]

Rep. Jermaine Johnson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-01-09	House	Introduced and read first time
2023-11-16	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-11-16	House	Prefiled

H3228 (Similar To) 2023-01-10 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	3	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
20	3	130	(n/a)	See Bill Text
20	3	132	(n/a)	See Bill Text
20	3	150	(n/a)	See Bill Text
20	3	160	(n/a)	See Bill Text
20	3	170	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4558&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4558_20231116.htm