Amendment No. 842

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 617 First Reprint (BDR 15-589)

Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend section 1, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 6 through 15 on page 1 and lines 1 and 2 on page 2, and inserting:

"spousal support ordered by a court.".

Amend section 1, page 2, between lines 33 and 34, by inserting:

"8. For the purposes of this section, a defendant is not "unable to provide the child support or spousal support ordered by a court" if, during the period that the defendant was obligated to provide and failed to provide child support or spousal support, the defendant was:

(a) Voluntarily unemployed or underemployed without good cause or to avoid payment of child support or spousal support, including, without limitation, not using reasonable diligence to secure sufficient employment; or

(b) Unable to pay the child support or spousal support ordered by a court because of his excessive spending, indebtedness or other legal obligation, unless the spending, indebtedness or other legal obligation was not within the control of the defendant.".

Amend sec. 3, page 3, line 31, by deleting "or" and inserting "and".