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Bill would raise unpaid child-support claims higher in estate-priority list
Summary
Delegate Cathy Forbes and the Baltimore County register of wills asked the committee to advance HB 261, which would move unpaid child-support claims up in priority so children are more likely to receive arrears from insolvent estates.
Delegate Cathy Forbes presented House Bill 261 to the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 22, asking lawmakers to elevate unpaid child-support claims in the statutory priority of estate claims so those debts are likelier to be paid from insolvent estates.
Under current law, testimony noted, unpaid child support owed at a decedent’s death sits at the bottom of the statutory priority list for estate claims and is treated like other unsecured creditors; Forbes said the bill would elevate unpaid child support to…
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