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House Bill 2621 |
House Author: Creighton et al. |
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Effective: 1-1-14 |
Senate Sponsor: Williams |
House Bill 2621 amends the Estates Code, as effective January 1, 2014, to establish that a disclaimer made by a beneficiary who is a child support obligor of estate property that could be applied to satisfy the beneficiary's child support obligation is not effective if the beneficiary owes child support arrearages that have been administratively determined by the office of the attorney general in a child support case or that have been confirmed and reduced to judgment. The bill authorizes the child support obligee to whom the arrearages are owed, after distribution of estate property to such a beneficiary, to enforce the child support obligation by a lien or by any other remedy provided by law. The bill also requires a disclaimer of estate property receivable by a beneficiary to include a statement regarding whether the beneficiary is a child support obligor described by the bill's provisions.