Bill > H3009

This bill expands the South Carolina Department of Social Services' Child Support Enforcement Division's authority to enforce alimony obligations, effectively treating alimony collection similarly to child support collection. The bill makes numerous technical amendments across multiple sections of state law to include alimony in existing child support enforcement mechanisms, such as allowing the department to locate individuals, place liens on property, intercept unemployment benefits, and access financial records for the purpose of enforcing alimony payments. Key provisions include authorizing the department to enforce alimony orders referred by family court, requiring administrative and judicial orders to include social security numbers, and enabling the division to use new hire reporting programs and financial institution records to track and collect unpaid alimony. The bill also allows for retroactive application, permitting the recovery of alimony obligations accruing within ten years of the act's effective date. These changes aim to provide more robust tools for ensuring alimony payments are made consistently and comprehensively, mirroring the established child support enforcement system.

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https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3009&session=126&summary=B