Child Support Enforcement Abroad

LINKS

Q. ARE THERE OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT WHERE I CAN OBTAIN INFORMATION?

A . The following links may be helpful.

LAWS, EXECUTIVE ORDERS, FEDERAL REGULATIONS

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 , Section 459A of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 659A (1996) , authority to negotiate international agreements

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 Welfare Report Act, 42 USC 652(k), Denial of passports for nonpayment of child support

Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act ( 18 USC 228 ); Child Support Recovery Act

Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Executive Order 13019 - Supporting Families: Collecting Delinquent Child Support Obligations, September 28, 1996, FR Vol 61, No. 193, Thursday, October 3, 1996

Executive Order 12953 - Actions required by all Federal agencies to facilitate payment of child support. Section 101(b) of the Executive Order requires all Federal agencies to cooperate fully in efforts to establish paternity and in the collection of child and medical support from agency employees. Section 101(c) of the Executive Order required each Federal agency to provide information to its employees about this subject.

Public Notice in the Federal Register (Vol. 65, Number 98, Page 31953) - U.S. Reciprocal Agreements on International Child Support Enforcement

FEDERAL AGENCIES

State Department

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Child Support Enforcement

U.S. Department of State, Passport Services, Denial of Passports for Child Support Arrearages

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser for Private International Law

U.S. Department of State, Family Liaison Office for Department of State Personnel and Dependants

HHS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child Support Enforcement

Justice

U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section

Treasury