Child Custody & Support
| Emergency Jurisdiction Issues in Child Custody Proceedings |
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| Under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) and the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA), a court may exercise jurisdiction when it is necessary to protect a child, the child's parent, or the child's sibling.
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| Dependent Adult Support: Dependent Parents |
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| Statutes in 30 states impose a filial obligation on children to support their indigent or disabled parents. Indigence is not defined as completely destitute, but rather in terms of the parent's financial ability to meet his or her basic needs. More... |
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| Suspension or Denial of Licenses for Child Support Arrearages |
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| In order to improve the effectiveness of child support collections, states are required to enact laws to deny or suspend the driver's license or professional license of anyone found to have failed to pay his or her child support obligation. More... |
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| Residential Parent Custody Awards |
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| A "residential parent custody award" is one in which the court decides with whom a child will live. Such an award differs from an award of legal custody, in which the court determines who shall make the important decisions affecting the child's health and welfare. One parent may be awarded both residential custody and legal custody, but it is not required. More... |
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| Putative Father's Right to Custody vs. Non-Parent |
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| Recent years have witnessed a number of changes in the nature of marital and other domestic relations in the United States, with a concomitant modification in public attitudes toward such things as the status of children born outside of marriage. These changes have been accompanied by an evolution in the way in which the legal system views a number of issues related to family law. One such group of issues concerns the right of a putative father, that is to say, a man who is supposed or reputed to be the father of a child or children born to a woman to whom he is not married, or who claims to be the father of such a child or children, to assert an entitlement to custody of or visitation with such a child or children. More... |
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