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Judiciary committee adopts 3‑year look-back for child‑support retroactivity; debate centers on service timing and medical expenses
Summary
SB311, amended to impose a 3‑year retroactivity window for newly filed child‑support claims and to adjust rules about when support can be calculated back to the date of filing or service, passed the committee after extensive testimony from family-law attorneys, the Office of Child Support Enforcement, and advocates; at least one senator recorded a no vote.
Senate Bill 311 drew the meeting’s most extended debate. Sponsor Senator Clark and family‑law practitioners proposed limiting recovery of retroactive child support to a three‑year look‑back period rather than permitting orders to go back to a child’s birth. Proponents cited a reported White County case (referred to in testimony as the Frasier case) in which a man who said he had been unaware of paternity faced many years of litigation and a large back‑support judgment; proponents argued the proposed statutory limit aligns Arkansas…
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