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U.S. Senate Approves Measures to Assist Low-Income Families Receiving Child Support
By Family Law
The United States Senate on Wednesday adopted measures giving states greater flexibility and more financial incentives to pay current and former welfare recipients the full child support owed them. For…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Effect of Parent’s Incarceration on Initial Child Support Determination
By Family Law
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that in making an initial child support calculation in cases in which a parent is incarcerated, the court should impute income to the parent…
Family Law Prof Blog
Newspaper Stories Help Find Texas Dad Owing $39,000 in Back Child Support
By Family Law
One of the most-wanted child support evaders in Texas turned himself in to police last week after he was featured in news coverage across the state. Silva Charles Silva, who…
Chicago Family Law Blog
Procedural Considerations for Parents Seeking to Modify Child Support
Frequently, as a result of a change in circumstances, parents seek to modify child support orders. Although the law varies considerably among states, delaying or failing to modify child support…
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Ohio Child Support Payments go Electronic
By Family Law
Ohio child support payments currently being issued in the form of a paper check are going to be issued electronically in the near future. The statewide e-Disbursement program began as…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Personal Jursidiction under UIFSA Based on “Acts and Directives” of Non-resident Parent
By Family Law
The Ohio Court of Appeals interpreted its Uniform Interstate Family Support Act ("UIFSA") which allows a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a non-resident parent when the children are present…
Family Law Prof Blog
PING: Indiana To Use PrePaid Credit Cards For Child SupportURL: http://gdgrifflaw.typepad.com/kansas_family_law_/2005/12/indiana_to_use_.htmlIP: 66.151.149.17BLOG NAME: Kansas Family and Divorce Lawyer DATE: 12/07/2005 05:00:50 AMI disagree with this concept. In my opinion, this will encourage credit card use. And for the most part, the recipients of this child support are not in a position to properly manage credit. While I understand this is not
By Family Law
The state of Indiana will soon pay child support payments to recipients through the use of prepaid MasterCard or Visa branded cards, officials announced Monday. A Request for Proposal (RFP)…
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Case Law Development: Limited Jurisdiction of Magistrates in Child Support Actions
By Family Law
Since the mid 1980s, in response to federal welfare reform laws calling for centralized child support enforcement as well as the growing movement toward unified family courts, states have increasingly…
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Professors Warren and Zywicki Clash on BAPCPA’s Effects on the Rights of “Support Claimants”
Professor Elizabeth Warren provides a cup of bitter coffee at the TPM Cafe Blog in her post entitled "The Bankruptcy Wars Continue." Here, she summarizes current attacks on BAPCPA's harsher…
Family Law Prof Blog
English PM Orders Abolition of Child Support Agency
By Family Law
English Prime Minister Tony Blair has ordered the break-up of the failing Child Support Agency, saying that it is not suited to the task of collecting child maintenance from reluctant…