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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 100
BY SENATOR BISHOP
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the feasibility of revising
state law enacted in Act No. 379 of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature to
account for the financial burden that continuing child support awards for adult
children with disabilities places on elderly parents.
WHEREAS, during the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature, the Legislature, in
Act No. 379, enacted certain changes to law relative to awards of child support for adult
children with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, such changes, in part, provide that an award of child support continues
or shall be set with respect to any unmarried child who, whether institutionalized or not, is
incapable of self-support and requires substantial care and personal supervision because of
an intellectual or physical disability that is manifested before the child attains the age of
majority; and
WHEREAS, such child support awards can continue indefinitely without taking into
account their financial burden on elderly parents.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the feasibility of revising state
law enacted in Act No. 379 of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature to account for the
financial burden a continuing child support award for adult children with disabilities places
on elderly parents.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana State Law Institute shall submit
a written report of its findings, together with any recommendations in the form of proposed
legislation, to the Legislature of Louisiana no later than February 1, 2017.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Director of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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