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Child Support Guidelines, [62] based on the Income Shares model [13] Child Support Enforcement Office [63] Nevada Revised Statute §§ 125B.070 to -.080 [64] Office of Child Support Enforcement [65] New Hampshire Revised Statute §§ 458-C:1 to -:7, [66] based on the Income Shares model [13] Division of Child Support Services [67] New Jersey
The amount of child support may be set on a case-by-case basis or by a formula estimating the amount thought that parents should pay to financially support their children. 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.
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]
The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ( UCCJEA) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1997. The UCCJEA has since been adopted by 49 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As of 2021, the only state that has not adopted the ...
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").
It was one of the largest settlements in the United States for a child welfare case. [5] In 2013, a $166 million verdict was handed down against the New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services (now known as the Division of Child Protection and Permanency [6]) in a case concerning a 4-year-old boy beaten by his father. [7]
In 2006, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine proposed a revamping of the statewide child welfare system, which was under the auspices of the Department of Human Services, and creation of a new cabinet-level department. He selected Kevin Ryan to lead as the first commissioner. [1]
Child protective services (CPS) is the name of an agency responsible for providing child protection, which includes responding to reports of child abuse or neglect.Some countries and US states use other names, often attempting to reflect more family-centered (as opposed to child-centered) practices, such as department of children and family services (DCFS).