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| TOPIC | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| CHILD CUSTODY/SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE | This subtopic delves into the legal expectations of personal responsibility and accountability; Contested and uncontested divorce, separations, custody disputes requirements; Child Support arrears and status of limitations; Child support payment and when the paying spouse can avoid making payments. Child support terms and modifications; Manifestation of child support order and enforcement on non-compliant parents; Evaluation of punitive measures – garnished wages, fines, incarceration on corporations and negotiations; Implication of stated and unstated family cultural assumptions, understanding, and views – impact on child custody, support, and supervised/unsupervised visitation; Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act (DPPA). |
| CHILD SUPPORT INTERVENTION AND CULTURAL BELIEFS AND CONFLICT: EFFECTS ON PARENTS AND CHILDREN | This subtopic discusses the friction between government and customary law;The perspective and impact of dominant cultural elements on the cultures of other social groups, family, and community expectations; Lack of representation; Cultural beliefs and conflict intervention; Family and community involvement, mediation, and support; Deadbeats & non-compliance – their reactions, playing victim, and justice vs injustice. |
| CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ACROSS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES | This subtopic covers Child support related new hire reporting and interagency cooperation that would lead to attention from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Income Withholding Orders (IWO); Employers and cultural tendencies and perspectives that might otherwise impede reporting compliance; Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance; The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act (DPPA), etc. |