Child Support Enforcement : Incarceration As the Last Resort Penalty For Nonpayment of Support.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child support.

Child welfare.

Courts.

Crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (31 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides background on the child support enforcement program (CSE), and summarizes methods by which State CSE agencies obtain child support obligations. Focuses on State and Federal authority and the authority of their courts to use the threat of incarceration and/or actual incarceration for situations involving contempt of court and criminal nonsupport. Examines implications of threat of jailing noncustodial parents who are delinquent in meeting their child support obligations, and places imprisonment option in policy context.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Child Support Enforcement

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.