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  2. Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act - Wikipedia

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    The Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), passed in 1950, concerns interstate cooperation in the collection of spousal and child support. [1] The law establishes procedures for enforcement in cases in which the person owing alimony or child support is in one state and the person to whom the support is owed is in another state (hence the word "reciprocal").

  3. Child support in the United States - Wikipedia

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    child Support Formula, [53] based on the Income Shares model [13] Family Independence Agency [54] Minnesota Stat. Ann. §§ 518.551 et seq. [55] Child Support Enforcement Division Minnesota Worksheets Mississippi Code §§ 43-19-101 et seq. [56] Division of Child Support Enforcement [57] Missouri Child Support Guidelines, [58] based on the ...

  4. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Wikipedia

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    The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) is one of the uniform acts drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States. First developed in 1992 [ 1 ] the NCCUSL revised the act in 1996 [ 2 ] and again in 2001 [ 3 ] with additional amendments in 2008. [ 4 ]

  5. Family court - Wikipedia

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    The original criminal nature of family courts was slowly replaced by an impliedly civil approach, starting in the 1930s with a New York law designed to treat nonsupport cases as a civil matter. [2] The shift to civil nonsupport across the country and the addition of divorce jurisdiction led to family court dockets becoming more civil in nature. [2]

  6. Family in the United States - Wikipedia

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    An American family composed of the mother, father, children, and extended family The out of wedlock birth rates by race in the United States from 1940 to 2014. The rate for African Americans is the purple line.

  7. Child support - Wikipedia

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    Child support may be ordered to be paid by one parent to another when one is a non-custodial parent and the other is a custodial parent. Similarly, child support may also be ordered to be paid by one parent to another when both parents are custodial parents (joint or shared custody) and they share the child-raising responsibilities.

  8. List of shared parenting legislation - Wikipedia

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    This bill is similar to House Bill 492 but addresses permanent custody orders. It created a presumption rebuttable by a preponderance of the evidence that both joint custody and equally shared parenting time is in the best interest of the child and requires the court to enter facts and findings when deviating from shared parenting. Unlike House ...

  9. History of the family - Wikipedia

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    An Eskimo family. The history of the family is a branch of social history that concerns the sociocultural evolution of kinship groups from prehistoric to modern times. [1] The family has a universal and basic role in all societies. [2]