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OCSE Litigation Report

Office of Child Support Enforcement

June 2000

Table of Contents

1 Recent Supreme Court Decisions Related to Child Support Enforcement
1.1 TROXEL ET VIR. V. GRANVILLE, 530 U.S. _____ (2000) (NO.99-138)
1.2 U.S. V. MORRISON, BRZONKALA V. MORRISON, 529 U.S. ____ (2000)
2 BLESSING V. FREESTONE AND ITS PROGENY
2.1 BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
2.2 BIBLIOGRAPHY
2.3 BLESSING - TYPE CASES PENDING
2.4 State Distribution Unit (SDU)
2.5 Recent "1983" Cases Outside of Child Support
3 SPENDING CLAUSE/ TENTH AMENDMENT
4 PATERNITY LITIGATION
4.1 VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY
4.2 GENETIC TESTING AND DISESTABLISHMENT OF PATERNITY
4.3 UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT
4.4 DISESTABLISHING PATERNITY OF OUT-OF-WEDLOCK CHILDREN
4.5 RECENT PATERNITY DECISIONS
4.6 BIOLOGICAL FATHER'S INTEREST (PRESUMPTIONS OF PATERNITY)
5 CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY CASES
5.1 REPRESENTATION BY CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY
5.2 SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
5.3 DUE PROCESS
5.4 DEFENSES TO ENFORCEMENT
6 FEDERAL REMEDIES AND DEFENSES
6.1 ENFORCEMENT BY INTERCEPTING FEDERAL PAYMENTS, INCLUDING TAX REFUNDS
6.2 BANKRUPTCY (SEE ALSO TAX INTERCEPT CASES)
6.3 FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
6.4 CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY ACT
7 ESTABLISHING/ENFORCING THE ORDER
7.1 IMPACT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS PAID TO THE CHILD
7.2 WORKERS COMP. AND SSI BENEFITS PAID TO THE PARENT
7.3 LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF FUTURE SUPPORT
7.4 AWARD OF RETROACTIVE SUPPORT
7.5 PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO CHILDREN AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
7.6 ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES
7.7 JUDICIAL REVIEW OF AGENCY DECISIONS
7.8 MODIFICATION
7.9 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
7.10 FEDERAL CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION LIMIT
7.11 STEP PARENT AS OBLIGOR
7.12 VISITATION AND CUSTODY
7.13 NON-COOPERATION IN ESTABLISHING CHILD SUPPORT AND PATERNITY
8 INTERSTATE CHILD SUPPORT LITIGATION
9 JURISDICTION TO DECIDE CASES INVOLVING NATIVE AMERICANS
10 PASSPORT DENIAL
A Table of Cases, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)
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