Legislation that would suspend child support payments for those serving more than an 18 month prison sentence was threatened in the Senate Friday by an amendment that supporters say would gut the bill.
Read MoreThe House of Delegates narrowly passed a bill on Wednesday that would exclude individuals from making child support payments while serving a prison sentence.
Under the legislation, child support payments would be suspended for anyone incarcerated for more than 18 consecutive months and continuing 60 days after their release to avoid the accrual of an unmanageable lump sum.
Read MoreThe state is pulling back on its exploration of privatized child support enforcement with the elimination of a Queen Anne’s County pilot program, and some believe Baltimore City should follow suit.
After the General Assembly allowed the Child Support Enforcement Privatization Pilot Program to expire in 2009, the Department of Human Resources decided it would be beneficial for Queen Anne’s County to return to a public program, while in Baltimore City it would be more cost-effective for child support enforcement to remain privatized.
Read MoreMost child support payments in the state will be eligible to go up in October, under a law approved Tuesday by Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Payments have been increased in what advocates called an attempt to reflect modern costs of living. The payment awards have not been changed since 1988.
Read MoreAn effort to raise child support payments for the first time in more than two decades met with intense debate in the Senate Tuesday, as lawmakers clashed about what the bill’s effect would be.
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