Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB167 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB167
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5	5	By Senator Orr
6	6	RFD: Judiciary
7	7	First Read: 13-Feb-25
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15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	Existing law provides for criminal and civil
17	17	penalties for the offense of driving while under the
18	18	influence of alcohol or a controlled substance.
19	19	This bill would require an individual who is
20	20	convicted of driving while under the influence of
21	21	alcohol or a controlled substance to pay child support
22	22	for a child of a victim of the offense if the offense
23	23	leads to the death of a parent or guardian of the
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25	25	A BILL
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27	27	AN ACT
28	28	Relating to child support; to require an individual
29	29	convicted of driving while under the influence to pay child
30	30	support in certain circumstances.
31	31	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
32	32	Section 1. (a) In addition to the penalties prescribed
33	33	for driving while under the influence of alcohol or a
34	34	controlled substance under Section 32-5A-191, Code of Alabama
35	35	1975, and in addition to any restitution required pursuant to
36	36	Article 4A of Chapter 18 of Title 15, Code of Alabama 1975, if
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66	66	Article 4A of Chapter 18 of Title 15, Code of Alabama 1975, if
67	67	an individual is convicted pursuant to Section 32-5A-191, Code
68	68	of Alabama 1975, and the offense leading to the conviction
69	69	causes the death of a child's parent or guardian, that
70	70	individual shall be ordered to pay child support for the child
71	71	pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 30, Code of Alabama 1975, until
72	72	the child reaches 19 years of age.
73	73	(b) Child support ordered pursuant to subsection (a)
74	74	may be calculated according to the child support guidelines
75	75	established by Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Judicial
76	76	Administration based upon the circumstances during the time
77	77	period for which support is ordered, or may otherwise be
78	78	ordered by the court in an amount determined by the court
79	79	based on the following factors:
80	80	(1) The financial needs and resources of the child.
81	81	(2) The financial needs and resources of the surviving
82	82	parent or, if no other parent is alive or capable of caring
83	83	for the child, the guardian of the child, including the State
84	84	of Alabama if the state or a department or agency thereof is
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86	86	(3) The standard of living the child would have
87	87	enjoyed.
88	88	(4) The physical and emotional condition of the child
89	89	and the child's educational needs.
90	90	(5) The child's physical and legal custody
91	91	arrangements.
92	92	(6) The reasonable work-related child care expenses of
93	93	the surviving parent or guardian.
94	94	(c) Child support ordered pursuant to this section
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124	124	(c) Child support ordered pursuant to this section
125	125	shall accrue from the date of the death of the child's parent
126	126	or guardian.
127	127	(d) Any individual against whom an order to pay child
128	128	support pursuant to this section is entered and shall be
129	129	subject to an income withholding order as set forth in Title
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131	131	(e) If an individual ordered to pay child support
132	132	pursuant to this section is incarcerated and unable to pay the
133	133	ordered support, the individual shall have up to one year
134	134	after release from incarceration to begin payment, including
135	135	any arrearage. If any obligation ordered pursuant to this
136	136	section is to terminate due to the age of the child, but the
137	137	support obligation is not paid in full, payments shall
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139	139	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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