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Custody Enforcement through Sanctions

Custody Enforcement through Sanctions

Where a person has been awarded the custody of a child and another person or agency has failed to return the child to that person, the person with legal custody...

Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act

Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act

Problems arise where a parent and a child do not reside in the same state. To deal with jurisdictional problems in establishing and enforcing child...

Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act

Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act

Under the Federal Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act, the home state of a child has jurisdiction to establish custody and visitation of the child. That state court...

Child Support Modification for Best Interest of Child

Child Support Modification for Best Interest of Child

In some circumstances a tribunal may decide that it is in the best interests of a child to modify the amount of a parent's child support...

Criminal Interference with Child Custody

Criminal Interference with Child Custody

A parent who takes a child and fails to return him or her may be charged with a crime. There are state and federal laws that make it a crime to unlawfully...