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First developed in 1992 [1] the NCCUSL revised the act in 1996 [2] and again in 2001 [3] with additional amendments in 2008. [4] The act limits the jurisdiction that can properly establish and modify child support orders and addresses the enforcement of child support obligations within the United States.

Child support is the obligation on parents to provide financial support for their children. OCSE was established with the Federal Government’s enactment of Child Support Enforcement and Paternity Establishment Program (CSE) in 1975, which was enacted to reduce welfare expenses by collecting child support from non-custodial parents.

Child support includes the financial support of children and not other forms of support, such as emotional support, intellectual support, physical care, or spiritual support. When children live with both parents, courts rarely, if ever, direct the parents on how to provide financial support for their children.

States follow one of three basic models, or formulas, for calculating a child support obligation: (1) the Incomes Shares model, (2) the Percentage of Income model, or (3) the Melson Formula model. [3] The Income Shares Model asserts that minor offspring should receive the same amount of parental support as if the parents lived together.

The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, also referred to as the Hague Maintenance Convention or the Hague Child Support Convention is a multilateral treaty governing the enforcement of judicial decisions regarding child support (and other forms of family support) extraterritorially.