Office of Child Support Enforcement website

Office of Child Support Enforcement website

The following articles at the Office of Child Support Enforcement website provide a good overview of the child support enforcement system, click here to access the following information.

·                   “Child Support Enforcement Handbook”

·                   “Child Support Enforcement Steps”

·                   “HHS Role in Child Support Enforcement” (April 2, 2002).

·                   On the “State Links” page, click on the “clickable image map” and choose your state to see a description of local child support enforcement programs.

After reviewing the information provided on the Office of Enforcement site, do you think that there are effective methods and procedures to combat non-payment of child support? How effective are these methods? Please provide examples to support your position. What impact does non-payment of child support have on a family, in particular the custodial parent and child(ren).

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Child Support Enforcement is a federal government program for supporting children. It was put into practice in order to enhance proper care for the children. From my point of view, there are several and effective procedure for combating non-payment of child support. They include the prosecution under a state criminal nonsupport statute, finding contempt of court for failure to obey a court’s child support order, and prosecution under federal criminal penalties for nonpayment of child support. These procedures may

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