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In 2002, the California Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) started the Second-Generation Electronic Filing Specification (2GEFS) project. [5]After a $200,000 consultant's report declared the project ready for a final push, the Judicial Council of California scrapped the program in 2012 after $500 million in costs.
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").
In cases where both parties share a nationality and the law of that nationality as well as the law of the debtor's habitual residence would not lead to maintenance, a debtor may also contest to use of the law of the creditor's habitual residence, provided it is not a case relating to child support. In cases not concerning child support (for ...
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 ]
Division of Child Support Enforcement [16] California Family Code §§ 4050-4076 [17] is based on the Income Shares model [13] The Judicial Council of California is required to conduct the California Child Support Guideline Review at least every four years. Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) provides public child support enforcement ...
Under California law, for example, child-support money may be used to "improve the standard of living of the custodial household" and the recipient does not have to account for how the money is spent. [26] Child support orders may earmark funds for specific items for the child, such as school fees, day care, and medical expenses.
On August 18, 2017, the California Judicial Council released the document SP17-05 that is an invitation for public comment on its review of California's Child Support Guidelines that is a report from the Center for the Support of Families that won the contract from the Judicial Council in January 2016.
For a county CCS program the funding source is a combination of appropriations from the county, state general funds and the federal government. [1] California is required to spend 30% of funds from its Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant on children with special health care needs, thus a portion of these federal funds go to the CCS program.