28 U.S.C. § 1738B
Full faith and credit for child support orders
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 1738B, Full faith and credit for child support orders, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465343
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The appropriate authorities of each State—
In this section:
The term “child” means—
The term “child support order”—
includes—
The term “contestant” means—
a person (including a parent) who—
A child support order made by a court of a State is made consistently with this section if—
a court that makes the order, pursuant to the laws of the State in which the court is located and subsections (e), (f), and (g)—
A court of a State may modify a child support order issued by a court of another State if—
If 1 or more child support orders have been issued with regard to an obligor and a child, a court shall apply the following rules in determining which order to recognize for purposes of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and enforcement:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
- Balanced Budget Act of 1997
- Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally