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==Crime== | ==Crime== | ||
While state agencies address non-payment of child support, there exist federal statutes criminalizing refusal to pay child support. According to [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/228 18 U.S. Code § 228], non-payment of a legal child support obligation is a criminal offense. | While state agencies address non-payment of child support, there exist federal statutes criminalizing refusal to pay child support. According to [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/228 18 U.S. Code § 228], non-payment of a legal child support obligation is a criminal offense. To meet the criminal threshold, the back child support amount must exceed $5,000 (as of 2023) 18 U.S.C. § 228 (a)(1). | ||
==Cooperation among states== | ==Cooperation among states== | ||
Inter-state enforcement of child support is laid out in federal code: [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/666 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(9)(B)]. | Inter-state enforcement of child support is laid out in federal code: [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/666 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(9)(B)]. | ||
== Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) == | |||
Under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA [https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/policy-guidance/pl-113-183-uifsa-2008-enactment 2008]), if either parent still resides in the state that issued a child-support order, then only the state which issued the order has the jurisdiction to modify it. | |||
==Cases== | |||
*[[Turner v. Turner (1995)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:57, June 4, 2023
Regardless of the marital status, refusal to pay child support can result in both civil & criminal contempt.
Crime
While state agencies address non-payment of child support, there exist federal statutes criminalizing refusal to pay child support. According to 18 U.S. Code § 228, non-payment of a legal child support obligation is a criminal offense. To meet the criminal threshold, the back child support amount must exceed $5,000 (as of 2023) 18 U.S.C. § 228 (a)(1).
Cooperation among states
Inter-state enforcement of child support is laid out in federal code: 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(9)(B).
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)
Under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA 2008), if either parent still resides in the state that issued a child-support order, then only the state which issued the order has the jurisdiction to modify it.
