WORK TRAINING/DELINQUENT CHILD SUPPORT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2025-2026 Session
Senate Bill 984 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 30, 2026
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR WORK OR WORK-RELATED ACTIVITIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE REMEDY TO INCARCERATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DETERMINED TO BE DELINQUENT ON CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.
Intro. by Smith.

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S 984

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  • Summary date: Apr 30 2026 - View Summary

    Amends GS 50-13.4(f)(9), which authorizes contempt proceedings to enforce orders or judgements for periodic payments of child support. Authorizes a court to direct the person, as a special condition of a contempt order, into job search or dually specific education training. Requires the court exercising this option to review the person's progress in at least 30-day intervals unless the person is enrolled and actively participating in work-specific training. Caps enrollment in work-specific training at six months and requires the person to comply with the following: payment of at least $50 monthly for child support; notify the court upon completing the training; and notify the court within 14 days of failing to satisfy the attendance requirements of the training.

    Appropriates $3 million for 2026-27 from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office to be distributed to applicable community colleges to defray the costs for the training for program participants.