Child Support Enforcement and the Hague Convention on Recovery of International Child Support

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Provides overview of current child support enforcement program. Summarizes the 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (Convention...

Provides overview of current child support enforcement program. Summarizes the 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (Convention), which establishes procedures for processing international child support cases that are intended to be uniform, simple, efficient, accessible, and cost-free to U.S. citizens seeking child support in other countries. Covers P.L. 113-183, the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, which includes implementing legislation for the Convention.

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