How Do You Understand Interstate Child Support Laws?
A lot of questions surrounding child-support regulations used to come up when the parents lived in different states. The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act has helped clear up a lot of the confusion. Understand that most states have passed the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a law that lets courts in different states cooperate with each other and that clarifies what happens when the parties in a support case live in different states. Know that before this law was passed there was a lot of confusion about child support. Sometimes courts in two different states would order child support payments and the parent would be responsible for paying under both orders. Realize that under this law, the state where one parent and the child live has the power to issue a support order. Recognize that, under this act, states cannot interfere with support orders made in the state where one parent and the child live. Be clear on the fact that one state can modify another state’s order only if
