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Child support in the United States. In the United States, child support is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an "obligor" (or paying parent or payer) to an "obligee" (or receiving party or recipient) for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or a (possibly terminated) marriage.
e. Child support (or child maintenance) is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child (or parent, caregiver, guardian) following the end of a marriage or other similar relationship. Child maintenance is paid directly or indirectly by an obligor to an obligee for the care and support of children of a ...
The Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), passed in 1950, concerns interstate cooperation in the collection of spousal and child support. [1] The law establishes procedures for enforcement in cases in which the person owing alimony or child support is in one state and the person to whom the support is owed is in another state ...
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Tiffany and Damiani in prison on Jan. 19, 2023, the day after Tiffany's birthday. Credit - Courtesy Tiffany Nicole. It began during the COVID-19 pandemic. LA was shut down, and I got a phone call ...
Social Services Law. Executive Law. Website. ocfs .ny .gov. The New York State Office of Children and Family Services ( OCFS) is an agency of the New York state government within the Department of Family Assistance. [1] [2] The office has its headquarters in the Capital View Office Park in Rensselaer. [3]
The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ( UCCJEA) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1997. The UCCJEA has since been adopted by 49 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As of 2021, the only state that has not adopted the ...
The Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance is a 1956 United Nations treaty which allows individuals to enforce judicial decisions regarding child support and alimony extraterritorially. It can be used only if the person seeking maintenance and the person paying maintenance are both resident in states that have ratified the Convention.