Bill > S00148

This bill modifies New York's Family Court Act and Domestic Relations Law to address child support calculations when a child receives Social Security dependent benefits. Currently, when a child receives Social Security benefits based on a parent's earnings record, those benefits were not explicitly factored into child support calculations. The bill changes this by adding a new provision that requires these Social Security dependent benefits to be credited as child support to the parent whose earnings record generated the benefits. Specifically, the bill amends existing law to include Social Security dependent benefits as a type of income to be considered when calculating gross income, and adds a new subparagraph that mandates that these benefits shall be credited as child support to the parent upon whose earning record the benefits are based. This means that a parent's child support obligation would be reduced by the amount of Social Security dependent benefits the child receives, effectively preventing double payment and ensuring that the child's financial support is not unnecessarily duplicated. The changes apply to both the Family Court Act and the Domestic Relations Law, ensuring consistent treatment across different legal contexts, and the act is set to take effect immediately upon passage.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S148