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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] The act limits the jurisdiction that ...
The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is a state agency of Florida.Its headquarters are at 2415 North Monroe St., Ste. 400 in Tallahassee, Florida.The department provides social services in Florida to children, adults, refugees, domestic violence victims, human trafficking victims, the homeless community, child care providers, [4] disabled people, and the elderly.
Child support in the United States. In the United States, child support is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an "obligor" (or paying parent or payer) to an "obligee" (or receiving party or recipient) for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or a (possibly terminated) marriage.
In the waiting room of a Jacksonville orthodontist, Connie Bryan pulled out her phone and opened a decade-old spreadsheet of what her ex-husband owed. She added his half of the $111 monthly cost ...
Maya Washburn, Palm Beach Post. December 19, 2023 at 5:22 AM. WEST PALM BEACH – A South Florida attorney who was praised for his work advocating for victims of child sexual abuse will spend four ...
Full adoption rights since 2010. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Florida have federal protections, but many face legal difficulties on the state level that are not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity became legal in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence ...
October 21, 2019 at 4:55 PM. A Florida man has been forced to pay child support even though a DNA test proved that he is not the child's biological father, First Coast News reports. Last year ...
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 ...