HB 1571 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Finds that the duty of child support to provide for the needs of dependent children, including their necessary food, clothing, shelter, education, and health care, should not be avoided because of where an obligor resides.

Provides that a person owing a duty of child support who chooses to engage in behaviors that result in the person becoming incarcerated should not be able to avoid child support obligations.