S 230 · in committee · significant
Unborn Child Support Act
- civil rights
What this bill does
- States must require child support payments to begin during pregnancy, not just after birth.
- Pregnant individuals and alleged fathers are affected, along with state child support enforcement agencies.
- Court orders trigger retroactive payments based on physician-determined conception date using existing state rules.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would states determine paternity and establish child support orders before birth, given that current legal processes typically occur after a child is born?
- 02
What financial burden would retroactive pregnancy support payments place on alleged fathers, and how do existing state rules account for disputes over conception dates?
- 03
How might requiring prenatal child support affect pregnant individuals' decisions about disclosing pregnancy or pursuing support claims?
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Sponsor · R-ND
Kevin Cramer
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
9/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-23
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-23 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-01-23 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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