Bill Summary for S 546 (2023-2024)

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May 2 2023

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Senate Bill 546 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 4, 2023
AN ACT TO CREATE SPECIAL ECONOMIC INTEREST OWNERS OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES AND TO GRANT THEM INFORMATION RIGHTS AND STANDING TO SEEK JUDICIAL DISSOLUTION, TO CHANGE THE PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING PATERNITY OF CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK, AND TO DENY ALIMONY TO A DEPENDENT SPOUSE FOR ENGAGING IN COHABITATION AND TO DENY POSTSEPARATION SUPPORT TO A DEPENDENT SPOUSE THAT ENGAGES IN ILLICIT SEXUAL ACTS OR COHABITATION.
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Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition adds the following content.

Amends GS 29-19 (pertaining to succession by, through, and from children born out of wedlock) to delete the requirement that a father must also file the writing acknowledging the child born out of wedlock with the clerk of superior court of the county where either the father or child resides. Makes technical change.  

Amends GS 50-16.1A to define cohabitation to mean the act as provided in GS 50-16.9 (act of two adults dwelling together continuously and habitually in a private heterosexual relationship, even if this relationship is not solemnized by marriage, or a private homosexual relationship). Amends GS 50-16.3A by prohibiting a court from awarding alimony if the court finds that the dependent spouse engages in cohabitation at any time during the marriage until a degree of divorce. Amends GS 50-16.2A by adding that if the court finds that the dependent spouse participated in an act of illicit sexual behavior during the marriage and before or on the date of separation, the court must not award postseparation support. Also prohibits postseparation support if the court finds that the dependent spouse engages in cohabitation at any time during the marriage until a decree of divorce. Effective October 1, 2023.

Amends the act's titles.