HB354 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Marcel Black

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Child support, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act adopted, registration, enforcement, and modification of foreign child support orders, Secs. 30-3D-101 to 30-3D-105, inclusive, 30-3D-201 to 30-3D-211, inclusive, 30-3D-301 to 30-3D-319, inclusive, 30-3D-401, 30-3D-402, 30-3D-501 to 30-3D-507, inclusive, 30-3D-601 to 30-3D-616, inclusive, 30-3D-701 to 30-3D-713, inclusive, 30-3D-801, 30-3D-802, 30-3D-901, 30-3D-902, added; Secs. 30-3A-101, 30-3A-102, 30-3A-103, 30-3A-201 to 30-3A-209, inclusive, 30-3A-301 to 30-3A-319, inclusive, 30-3A-401, 30-3A-501 to 30-3A-507, inclusive, 30-3A-601 to 30-3A-614, inclusive, 30-3A-701, 30-3A-801, 30-3A-802, 30-3A-901 to 30-3A-906, inclusive, repealed

Description

Under existing law, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) provides uniform rules for the enforcement of family support orders. In 1996, as a condition of state eligibility for federal funding of child support enforcement, Congress mandated that each state enact the UIFSA.

In 2008, the Uniform Law Commission amended UIFSA to incorporate the provisions of the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support of Family Maintenance into state law. The Convention contains provisions that establish uniform procedures for the processing of international child support cases.

In 2014, Congress enacted the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act. That act required each state to expeditiously enact the 2008 amendments to the UIFSA during its 2015 legislative session as a condition for continued receipt of federal funds supporting state child support programs.

This bill would repeal the existing Uniform Interstate Family Support Act and replace it with the 2008 version of the UIFSA.

This bill would also provide guidelines and procedures for the registration, enforcement, and modification of foreign support orders from countries that are parties to the Convention.

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Subjects

Child Support