Links to State Sites with Child Support Statutes:
In most cases, you can look up any statute using these links. For example, you can substitute "child custody" or "divorce" etc. instead of "child support" in your search.
The national law called UIFSA is explained at the bottom
Last updated 6/25/03
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Some websites require you do download Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the statutes. If so click on this link, download the free Reader and then click back on your browser to come back here:
This is for overseas Child Support collection!:
http://www.travel.state.gov/child_support.html
Alabama
ALALINC—Alabama's Legal Information Center - Court Information Link, type in child support:
http://catalog.alalinc.net/search/
Page with contact information for each county's government agencies, including Child Support Enforcement, type in Child Support as the keyword in the search engine:
email: library@alalinc.net
Alaska
Page with Links to all Government Agencies, including Child Support Enforcement:
This direct link to the current statutes:
http://old-www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/stattx02?
This is the link to all statutes available online:
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/folhome.htm
Arizona
All child issues: Scroll down, then See Chapter 5 Article 2 Termination of Parental Rights
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/8/title8.htm
Arkansas
Child Support guidelines:
http://courts.state.ar.us/courts/acs_guidelines.html
Direct link to the Arkansas Codes online, on top of page click on "boolean search" and type in "child support" with quotes in the query box below:
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=blr:code
California
Direct link for family code statutes:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=fam&codebody=child+support
Colorado:
Enter Child Support in the search:
http://198.187.128.12/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0
Connecticut
On this link, leave the number and name boxes empty, in the title box type in child support, in the database box click on 'Text of Bills (1988-2003), then click search. Once the next page loads, click on the link that says "Text of Bills":
http://prdbasis.cga.state.ct.us/BASIS/TSAMDHP/LIN1/AMD/MSF
Commission on Children:
http://www.cga.state.ct.us/coc/
Delaware
Click on 141st General Assembly:
http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/fsLISArchives?openframeset
Florida
State Child Support Enforcement Information......very good page:
If you scroll down, towards the bottom left you'll see a link to the statutes:
http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/dor/html/child_support.html
Georgia
Type in "child support" (without quotes) here: (or whatever statute you're looking for):
http://www.ganet.org/services/ocode/ocgsearch.htm new (timed out, checking it on 1/30/98)
Hawaii:
Enter Child Support in search engine:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/search/search.asp?press1=search
Idaho
Type in "child support" with quotes in the box and click submit query:
http://www3.state.id.us/legislat/idstat.html
Illinois:
Type in child support, or family for family law:
http://www.legis.state.il.us/search/iga_search.asp?scope=ilcs
Indiana
Family Law (scroll down):
http://www.state.in.us/legislative/ic/code/title31/
Iowa
http://search.legis.state.ia.us/ico/search.html
Kansas
Type in Child Support into the keyword search:
http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi-bin/statutes/index.cgi
Kentucky
This link is directly to the child support statutes....the first page is dealing with a name change, click on "next chapter" (to get to the next page) at bottom of page for child support issues:
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/KRS/401-00/CHAPTER.HTM
For more statutes:
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/search.htm
Most wanted Deadbeats: (Main Kentucky CSE page under construction): (down on 1/30/98 - checking into it)
http://www.state.ky.us/oag/wanted.htm
Louisiana:
Type in "family" for the keyword:
http://www.legis.state.la.us/home.htm
Maine
This is from a keyword search of child support:
Maryland
Links to both Child Support and Custody issues, in left column click on "family law" then on right see links under the heading of Children:
http://www.peoples-law.com/main3.asp
Massachusetts
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/mgllink.htm
These are just the bills that were introduced:
http://www.state.ma.us/scripts/legis/all.idq?Directory=history&Phrase=child+support
Michigan
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/
Minnesota
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/statutes.asp
Mississippi
Mississippi's Most Wanted Deadbeat Parents:
http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us/mswant.html
You can find pending legislative status on current bills here:
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20002e/html/subjects.htm#C
Previous years are here:
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
Missouri
Type in Child Support in the keyword search:
http://www.moga.state.mo.us/SEARCHST.HTM
Montana
This is the link for Family Law statutes:
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca_toc/40.htm
This is the Child Support Enforcement website:
http://www.dphhs.state.mt.us/divisions/cse/csed.htm
Child Support Fee Information: SB72:
http://www.dphhs.state.mt.us/about_us/legislative_information/child_support_fee.pdf
Child Support Guidelines Questionnaire
Other links:
http://www.divorcesource.com/MT/info/childsupport.shtml
Seach the legislative archives (scroll down to the bottom):
http://leg.state.mt.us/services/legal/laws.htm
Nebraska
This is a frames version website. Enter Child Support into the search upper left:
http://statutes.unicam.state.ne.us/
Nevada
Type child support in query box:
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/70th/Bills/SEARCH/70QUERY.cfm
Click here for free Bill tracking option, to track Bills as they go through the process:
Free Public Access / Track a maximum of 5 bills / One username & password / Users will not receive daily update e-mail notifications
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/72nd/subscriber/help/FreeSignup.cfm
New Hampshire
In this search, simply remove the 2003 from the year (for all Child Support statutes), then type in Child Support in the Bill Title box:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/billstatus/quickbill.html
New Jersey
You can type child support in the keyword search box on the right, change the year to get earlier statutes:
Or type child support in the search box at the bottom of this link:
New Mexico
Click on the dropdown box on the following link and click on New Mexico, then when the new page loads, type in child support in the search box at the top:
New York
Click "search by keyword" then type child support in search box:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/
North Carolina
Type child support in search box:
North Dakota
Family Law link:
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/cencode/t14.html
Ohio
Type child support in search box at top:
http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com/oh/lpExt.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=OAC
Guidelines:
http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/divorce/support.htm
Statutes:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bill_keyword.cfm?KEYWORD=child+support
Oklahoma
Type in Child support for the keyword search:
http://www.onenet.net/oklegal/statutes.basic.html
Oregon
Click on the year of your choice, or leave as is for overall search:
http://www.leg.state.or.us:8765/
Pennsylvania
Type in "child support" with quotes in the keyword search
http://www.pacode.com/secure/search.asp
Rhode Island
Type in Child support in the keyword search:
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/scripts/search/search.asp?SearchWhere=/Statutes/
South Carolina
Type in Child support for the keyword search, and click on drop-down box and change to "Code of Laws":
South Dakota
Enter Child Support in search engine:
http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/index.cfm?FuseAction=StatutesTextSearch
Tennessee
Type in "child support" with quotes in search box at top:
http://198.187.128.12/tennessee/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0
Texas
Type in "child support" including the quotes, click on simple boolean, and click on drop-box and change to "family law":
Law passed to deduct past due child support lottery winnings:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/75r/billtext/HB00566F.HTM
New Law passed relating to the parent-child relationship, including suits 1-3 affecting the parent-child relationship, the establishment of 1-4 paternity, the termination of the parent-child relationship, and 1-5 the adoption of children; providing penalties:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/75r/billtext/HB01091F.HTM
Utah
In upper left box, type in child support, statutes will be listed in lower right window:
http://www.livepublish.le.state.ut.us/lpBin20/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-j.htm&vid=98&2.0
Vermont
Direct link to Family Law statutes:
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/chapters.cfm?Title=15
Virginia
Direct link to Domestic Relations statutes. Look down the list and choose the bills regarding child support issues:
http://leg1.state.va.us/971/idx/ixhtml70.htm
Washington, DC
Direct link to child support & overall Family Law statute:
Washington State
Scroll down to Title 26, sections 18-25; Domestic Relations:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/rcw/index.cfm?fuseaction=title&title=26
West Virginia
Statutes (site down on 5/4/03):
Office of Family Support:
Wisconsin
Type in "Child Support" with quotes in the very bottom window, in the first search box:
http://folio.legis.state.wi.us/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=84568&infobase=stats.nfo&j1
Wyoming
Domestic Relations:
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/titles/20titles/sub20.htm
Statutes on Children:
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/sub20.htm
UIFSA
(as explained by Attorney Sherry Schmidt Ellison)
UIFSA is the law that will be replacing URESA. The federal government has required that all states pass UIFSA. Georgia was one of the last to do so.
What this law does is makes interstate enforcement much easier, and in theory, faster. Before, only CSE agencies could use URESA. UIFSA will govern all cases. It is a huge statute, just as URESA was. Each state is required to pass the legislation almost 100% as drafted, so the law should be much more uniform than URESA was. UIFSA's main principle is that if there is already an order entered, you do NOT enter new orders each time the defendant moves to a different state.
URESA did, and that resulted in several conflicting orders in different states. So, UIFSA says if there is an order, it's the one that has to be used no matter where the defendant goes.
OK, what if there are more than one order already out there. UIFSA provides a flow chart type mechanism to figure out which one is the proper order to enforce. Meg Haynes - one of the drafters of the legislation - told me that they had to come up with some means and they picked one. It's not great, but it made the most sense. If there is an order in the state where the custodial parent and child are, that is the order to be enforced.
This means that if a mom and her kids are in Alaska and they got a divorce there and were awarded $15.00 per week support, and then the dad moved to Colorado, and a URESA was done which established an order in Colorado for $800.00 per month, then guess what? The $15.00 per week is the order which is proper to be enforced.
There's a lot of scenerios and it's hard to write out exactly what it does, but it's out there. This is an area that I'm especially familiar with because my judicial circuit - being near Atlanta - had a substantial number of interstate cases.
[I no longer have an active address for Attorney Ellison. As soon as I have a new address I will post it.]
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