A 4728 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Permits portion of child support payments to be held in trust for child to access upon certain circumstances.

This bill allows courts to direct up to 10% of child support payments into an irrevocable trust for the child, upon agreement of both parents. The trust becomes the child’s sole beneficiary, with funds accessible when they turn 18 or at an age specified in the trust. Courts can appoint trustees, modify trust terms based on changing circumstances, and replace trustees who fail to act in the child’s best interest. The policy change affects children receiving child support and parents paying it, without altering the total support amount owed.
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Sep 2024
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Introduced Sep 12, 2024 Last action Sep 12, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
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