1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to child support; providing for satisfaction 
  1.3             of a child support obligation if the child for whom 
  1.4             support is ordered no longer lives in the home of the 
  1.5             obligee and the obligee no longer provides a home, 
  1.6             care, and financial support for the child; amending 
  1.7             Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 518.57, subdivision 3.
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 518.57, 
  1.10  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 3.  [SATISFACTION OF CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION.] (a) 
  1.12  The court may conclude that an obligor has satisfied a child 
  1.13  support obligation by providing a home, care, and support for 
  1.14  the child while the child is living with the obligor, if the 
  1.15  court finds that the child was integrated into the family of the 
  1.16  obligor with the consent of the obligee and child support 
  1.17  payments were not assigned to the public agency under section 
  1.18  256.741. 
  1.19     (b) The court may conclude that an obligor has satisfied a 
  1.20  child support obligation when the child for whom child support 
  1.21  is ordered no longer lives in the home of the obligee, if the 
  1.22  court finds that the obligee does not provide a home, care, and 
  1.23  financial support for the child.  The court may order that an 
  1.24  obligor has satisfied a child support obligation as of the date 
  1.25  that the obligee no longer provides a home, care, and financial 
  1.26  support for the child.  If the public authority provides child 
  2.1   support enforcement services, the public authority must assist 
  2.2   the obligor in recovering child support payments made after the 
  2.3   date that the obligee no longer provides a home, care, and 
  2.4   financial support for the child.