GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 704

Short Title:  Interest on Child Support.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives R. Thompson; Bowman, Cummings, Easterling, Gottovi, and Mitchell.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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April 1, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT INTEREST ACCRUES ON PAST-DUE CHILD SUPPORT AT THE RATE AT WHICH INTEREST ACCRUES ON CIVIL JUDGMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 50-13.10 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( b1)	A past-due child support payment which vested pursuant to G.S. 50-13.10(a) is entitled, as a judgment, to bear interest at the legal rate from the date the child support payment vested until the past-due child support is paid."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to past-due payments vesting on or after that date.