ASSEMBLY COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2482

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: DECEMBER 16, 1996

      The Assembly Community Services Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2482.

      This bill amends the income withholding statute, P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.7 et seq.), to require the Probation Division in the county in which a child support case is being managed to initiate an income withholding. The bill would also require the Administrative Office of the Courts to be held liable for the amount of child support which was to be withheld from an obligor's income, if an income withholding for the obligor is not initiated immediately pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1981, c.417

      The bill would also require the Administrative Office of the Courts to establish procedures governing the identification of income withholdings which have not been initiated, the prompt collection, from the Probation Division of the amount of an obligor's income which was to be withheld, and the disbursement of the amount to the parent subject to the support order.