Impact of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act on child support order establishment

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 104-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Pirog ◽  
Ed Gerrish
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2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 237802311875712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cozzolino

Previous studies of poverty governance have focused on the welfare system, the criminal justice system, and the connections between them. Yet less attention has been paid to a third institution that bridges the gap between these two systems: child support enforcement. Jailing for child support nonpayment is one of many mechanisms of child support enforcement, but little is known about this tactic. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, the author examines the process of nonresident fathers’ (1) acquiring a formal support order, (2) accruing child support debt, and (3) being jailed for this debt. The author proposes two pathways into jail for child support nonpayment—public assistance and relationship context—and demonstrates how each pathway affects the risk for jail. Overall, 14 percent of debtors spend time in jail for child support by the time their children are nine years old.


2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Bourreau-Dubois ◽  
Myriam Doriat-Duban ◽  
Jean-Claude Ray
Keyword(s):  

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine A. Anderson ◽  
Julie K. Kohler ◽  
Bethany L. Letiecq

This article investigates the life conditions that contribute to low-income fathers’ depression and that may jeopardize their relationships with their children. This work is based on a cultural-ecological framework that emphasizes the need to understand these fathers within their larger familial and social contexts. The sample consisted of 127 predominantly African American participants in two urban and rural responsible fatherhood programs. Of the fathers, 56% reported depressive symptoms indicating cause for clinical concern. In addition, fathers’ resource challenges (unemployment; inability to pay full amount of child support order; limited access to reliable transportation; lack of permanent housing; problems with alcohol or drugs; health problems or disability; and criminal conviction history), residence (rural vs. urban), and level of social support were all significant predictors of fathers’ depression. The authors discuss how these findings can be used to guide future programmatic and policy initiatives pertaining to low-income, nonresidential fathers.


Author(s):  
Guilherme Domingos De Luca ◽  
Laura Bazzote Borges

DA PRISÃO POR DÍVIDA ALIMENTAR E O PACTO SAN JOSÉ DA COSTA RICA  IMPRISONMENT FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH CHILD SUPPORT ORDER AND THE PACT OF SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA   Guilherme Domingos de Luca*Laura Bazotte Borges**  RESUMO: O presente estudo, inserido na linha de pesquisa “Fundamentos dogmáticos da experiência Jurídica”, visa a analisar o instituto da “Prisão civil por dívida alimentar na relação de parentesco em face do impacto gerado pelo Pacto de San José da Costa Rica”, sob enfoque da aplicação do instituto dos alimentos na relação de parentesco. Em razão das controvérsias, será estudado o status normativo ao qual o Pacto foi elevado no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, em decorrência da promulgação da Emenda Constitucional nº 45/2004. A pesquisa foi pautada na análise de doutrinas, em especial das obras de direito de família, buscando apontar o status normativo do Pacto, visto que este tratado prevê a prisão civil do inadimplente da obrigação alimentar, após a promulgação da Emenda Constitucional nº 45/2004. Trata-se da metodologia dedutiva, que levou em consideração as comparações bibliográficas, para se concluir qual a real importância desta norma internacional no direito positivo vigente. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Alimentos. Prisão Civil. Pacto de São José da Costa Rica. ABSTRACT: This study aims to analyze the institute of “civil imprisonment for noncompliance with child support order in face of the impact generated by the Pact of San José, Costa Rica”. Because of the controversy, the legal status of this Pact in the Brazilian legal system and the implications of the enactment of Constitutional Amendment 45/2004 will be studied. The research was based on the analysis of opinions from legal theorists, especially in the family law field, seeking to identify the legal status of the Pact, since this treaty enables the imprisonment for noncompliance with child support order and was enacted after the Constitutional Amendment 45/2004, which forbids civil imprisonment. Through a deductive methodology, which took into account comparative literature, this research will help to dimension the real importance of this Pact in the current positive law.  KEYWORDS: Child Support. Civil Imprisonment. Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica. SUMÁRIO: SUMÁRIO: Introdução. 1 Origem e Conceituação. 2 Condições para se Decretar a Prisão Civil. 3 Ingresso dos Tratados no Ordenamento Jurídico Brasileiro. 4 Controvérsias do Status Jurídico da Prisão Civil. 5 Da Análise Jurisprudencial. Considerações Finais. Referências.* Mestre em Teoria do Direito e do Estado pelo Centro Universitário Eurípedes de Marília (UNIVEM), São Paulo. Especialista em Direito do Trabalho e Previdenciário pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. Bolsista CAPES/PROSUP.** Especialista em Direito do Trabalho e Previdenciário pelo Centro Universitário Eurípedes de Marília (UNIVEM), São Paulo.


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