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HR 5304 102th Congress House

Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act

Official title: To provide that a State court may not modify an order of another State court requiring the payment of child support unless the recipient of child support payme… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide that a State court may not modify an order of another State court requiring the payment of child support unless the recipient of child support payments resides in the State in which the modification is sought, or consents to seeking the modification in such other State court.

Introduced: September 16, 1992 See on congress.gov
Law Child supportJurisdictionState courts
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 1992
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Oct 5, 1992
Received in the Senate.
Oct 3, 1992
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 3, 1992
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Oct 3, 1992
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Oct 3, 1992
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Oct 3, 1992
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Oct 3, 1992
Mr. Frank (MA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Oct 2, 1992
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 561.
Oct 2, 1992
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 102-982.
Sep 30, 1992
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Sep 30, 1992
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 17, 1992
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 17, 1992
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Aug 12, 1992
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 13, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
Jun 2, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Jun 2, 1992
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 8, 1992

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act - Declares that the purposes of this Act are to: (1) facilitate enforcement of child support orders among the States; (2) discourage continuing interstate controversies over child support; and (3) avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict among State courts in the establishment of child support orders.

Amends the Federal judicial code to declare that State authorities shall enforce any child support order according to its terms and shall not modify it, except in certain circumstances, if such order is made consistent with this Act by a court of another State.

Confers continuing, exclusive jurisdiction upon the court of a State which has made a child support order consistent with the provisions of this Act, and which is either the child's State, or the State of one of the contestants.

Grants a State court authority to modify a child support order made by the court of another State if: (1) it has jurisdiction to make such an order; and (2) the court of the other State no longer has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction because it is no longer the child's State or the residence of any contestant, or each contestant has filed written consent for the State to modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of such order.

Grants the court of a State which no longer has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a child support order authority to enforce it with respect to unsatisfied obligations which accrued before the date on which a modification was made by another State in accordance with this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Sep 16, 1992
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