AB 376

This bill expressly provides that if a child is conceived and born as the result

of a sexual assault, certain individuals may file an action for child support, even if

the perpetrator's parental rights have been terminated. The bill provides that if the

individual bringing the support action proves that the child for which support is

sought was conceived as a result of a sexual assault—as shown by evidence of a final

judgment of conviction indicating that the person who may be the father of the child

committed, during a possible time of conception, any of the crimes of sexual assault

specified in the bill against the mother of the child—the court, after considering the

factors applicable under current law to establish an amount of child support, must

determine an amount of support. Under the bill, after determining an amount of

support, the court must set a fixed sum order of child support at an amount equal to

two times that amount. The bill provides that parties may seek a modification of the

order as otherwise allowed under law, but that any support amount ordered as a

result must still be doubled.