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North DakotaSB 20802025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 14-09-08.1, section 14-09-08.2, subsection 2 of section 14-09-08.11, section 14-09-08.21, subsection 2 of section 14-09-09.32, subsection 16 of section 50-09-02, and section 50-09-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to establishment and enforcement of child support; and to repeal section 50-09-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to enforcement of child support.
Sponsored By: Senate Judiciary
Signed by Governor
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Child support continues for older students
Support continues after 18 when the child attends high school, turns 18 before expected graduation, and lives with the parent owed support. It lasts through the month of graduation or the 19th birthday, whichever comes first. To restart support, the parent owed support files a free declaration naming the school and expected graduation date. The agency serves it by first-class mail. Filing a declaration that the requirements are no longer met ends the continuing duty. Graduation usually means the school ceremony; with good cause, the paying parent can seek an earlier coursework-completion date if the gap exceeds 90 days. These rules apply regardless of when the support order was entered. Support after 18 can also continue by agreement or court order.
Courts can pause parents' support duties
In divorce and related cases, courts can pause new child-support charges when doing so serves the child's best interests. Avoiding withholding or state payment-processing requirements can be a basis for a pause. Support can restart going forward under the pause's terms, by court order, or through a party's declaration. Anyone filing that declaration must give copies to the other party and the state disbursement unit.
Ending parental rights ends future support
Ending a parent's rights ends that parent's future monthly child-support duty. Unpaid support from before the termination still must be paid. Anyone proposing to end or give up parental rights must notify North Dakota's Department of Health and Human Services. The notice must follow the service rules for a North Dakota civil court case.
More ways to pursue unpaid support
A parent owed support or any child-support agency employee can ask the court clerk to act on missed payments. The clerk can mail an overdue-payment notice with proof of service or ask a district judge for a contempt citation. The citation can be served by first-class mail to the paying parent's last-known address. The law also repeals a separate child-support enforcement section, but the supplied text does not explain that section's practical effect.
Collected support stays held during review
The agency must hold funds collected through specified child-support enforcement methods until the court-review period expires or review ends, whichever is later. This preserves time for review but delays payment to the household owed support. The law removes a special rule stopping interest after the agency receives these funds. It does not state a new interest rate or amount.
Parents can challenge medical support withholding
Parents subject to a national medical support notice have 10 days after it is issued to request a hearing. The court must confirm withholding unless it finds a factual mistake or that the other parent must provide health insurance. The amended provision removes the 10-working-day deadline for holding the hearing.
Regional child support offices no longer required
The state child-support agency no longer must keep an office in each of North Dakota's eight planning regions. This gives the agency more choice over office locations and removes the regional office guarantee. The law does not require any office to close.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Judiciary
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Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/7/2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 16
Yes: 74 • No: 16
Senate vote • 1/15/2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
Yes: 47 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14
3/19/2025HouseSigned by Governor 03/14
3/18/2025SenateSent to Governor
3/12/2025SenateSigned by President
3/12/2025SenateSigned by Speaker
3/12/2025HouseReturned to Senate
3/10/2025SenateSecond reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 16
3/7/2025HouseReported back, do pass, place on calendar 8 5 1
3/7/2025HouseCommittee Hearing 08:30
2/25/2025HouseCommittee Hearing 03:30
2/19/2025HouseIntroduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee
2/13/2025HouseReceived from Senate
1/16/2025HouseSecond reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
1/15/2025SenateReported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0
1/14/2025SenateCommittee Hearing 11:00
1/13/2025SenateIntroduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee
1/7/2025Senate
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