History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Welfare benefits; reduced for unmarried person not cooperating in establishing paternity.
| 1 | 01/07/97 | (H) | Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary A | |
| 2 | 02/04/97 | (H) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 1997 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | Yes |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Miles
Code Sections: A 043-0017-0005, A 043-0019-0041, A 043-0019-0033, A 093-0009-0009, A 093-0009-0029, A 093-0009-0045
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DETERMINES THAT AN UNMARRIED INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS APPLIED FOR OR IS RECEIVING TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) BENEFITS IS NOT COOPERATING WITH THE STATE IN ESTABLISHING THE PATERNITY OF ANY DEPENDENT CHILD OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TANF BENEFITS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED TO THE FAMILY OF THE INDIVIDUAL BY 50%, AND SHALL REDUCE THE MAXIMUM PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE FAMILY OF THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE TANF BENEFITS BY 25%; TO AMEND SECTION 43-19-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISION; TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN UNMARRIED INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS APPLIED FOR OR IS RECEIVING TANF BENEFITS IDENTIFIES AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE DEPARTMENT AS THE ALLEGED FATHER OF ANY CHILD OF THE APPLICANT OR RECIPIENT, AND THE ALLEGED FATHER DOES NOT VOLUNTARILY ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PATERNITY OF THAT CHILD IN WRITING, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INITIATE A PATERNITY ACTION AGAINST THE ALLEGED FATHER; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE FATHER OF A CHILD OF AN UNMARRIED INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS APPLIED FOR OR IS RECEIVING TANF BENEFITS IS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME THAT HIS PATERNITY IS ACKNOWLEDGED OR DETERMINED, IS A FULL-TIME STUDENT IN GOOD STANDING, AND IS UNABLE TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CHILD SUPPORT THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE REQUIRED, THE COURT MAY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CHILD SUPPORT THAT THE FATHER IS REQUIRED TO PAY, OR DEFER THE BEGINNING DATE OF THE FATHER'S PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT, DURING THE TIME THAT HE MEETS ALL OF THE SPECIFIED CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY SUCH REDUCTION IN OR DEFERRAL OF THE PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT DOES NOT RELIEVE THE FATHER OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PAYING THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE CHILD SUPPORT IS REDUCED OR THE AMOUNT OF CHILD SUPPORT THAT IS DEFERRED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-19-33, 93-9-9 AND 93-9-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN A PATERNITY ACTION BROUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT AGAINST AN ALLEGED FATHER ON BEHALF OF AN UNMARRIED INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS APPLIED FOR OR IS RECEIVING TANF BENEFITS, IF THE COURT DETERMINES THAT THE ALLEGED FATHER IS NOT THE FATHER OF THE CHILD, ALL COURT COSTS, OTHER COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES SHALL BE TAXED AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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