Bill Summary for S 546 (2023-2024)

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May 4 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 amendment to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 50-16.3A (alimony) to specify that if a court finds that the supporting spouse engages in cohabitation during the marriage until a decree of divorce, then the court must order that alimony be paid to the dependent spouse.

Amends GS 50-16.2A(d1) (postseparation support) to require that a court enter an award of postseparation support to a dependent spouse if the court finds that the supporting spouse participated in an act of illicit sexual behavior. Also specifies that if a court finds that the supporting spouse engage in cohabitation during the marriage until a decree of divorce, then the court must order that alimony be paid to the dependent spouse.

Specifies that changes to GS 29-19 (succession by, through, and from children born out of wedlock) are effective when the act becomes law and applies to the estate of decedents opened on or after that date. Makes organizational changes to the effective date. Makes conforming changes to the act’s long title.