CHILD SUPPORT ISSUES: FEDERAL POLICY ON MEDICAL CARE AND INCARCERATION AS AN ENFORCEMENT TOOL; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT: BACKGROUND AND CURRENT POLICY; SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; CURRENT FEDERAL POLICY; POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE ACA ON THE CSE PROGRAM; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT PROVISIONS; APPENDIX B. MEDICAL SUPPORT COVERAGE OF CHILDREN; Chapter 2: CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT: INCARCERATION AS THE LAST RESORT PENALTY FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUPPORT; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND
IMPLICATIONSPLACING THE IMPRISONMENT OPTION IN POLICY CONTEXT; APPENDIX. STATE LAWS; Chapter 3: CHILD SUPPORT: AN OVERVIEW OF CENSUS BUREAU DATA ON RECIPIENTS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 4: CHILD CUSTODYAND SUPPORT: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS; SUMMARY; IF PARENTS SEPARATE AND ONE PARENT MOVES OUT-OF-STATE WITH CHILDREN BEFORE DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS BEGIN, WHERE WILL CHILD CUSTODY ISSUES BE DECIDED?; CAN A CUSTODY ORDER BE MODIFIED?; IF ONE PARENT TAKES A CHILD TO ANOTHER STATE AND TRIES TO MODIFY CUSTODY THERE, WHICH STATE WILL DECIDE THE CASE?
WHAT RECOURSE DOES A LEFT-BEHIND PARENT HAVE IN AN INTERSTATE CUSTODY DISPUTE?IS IT A CRIME FOR A PARENT TO KIDNAP A CHILD?; WHAT RECOURSE DOES A PARENTHAVE IF THE OTHER PARENT ABDUCTSTHE CHILDREN AND TAKES THEMTO ANOTHER COUNTRY?; WHO IS OBLIGED TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT?; CAN CHILD SUPPORT BE WITHHELDFROM AN OBLIGATED PARENT'S PAYCHECK?; MAY A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER BE MODIFIED? ; ARE THERE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR FAILURETO PAY CHILD SUPPORT?; WHAT IF THE CUSTODIAL PARENT DOES NOT KNOW WHERE TO FIND THE NONCUSTODIAL PARENT?; INDEX