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Child Support Resource Library

Welcome to the YoungWilliams Child Support Resource Library. Search by keywords or use the filters to select categories of interest to you. Currently, our Library consists of academic and government research articles and reports from around the country, federal opinions, and case law from states in which our full service child support projects are located.

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State on behalf of LLB v. Hill (Nebraska 2004)

NebraskaChild SupportCase LawEnforcementArrearsEnforcement

Child support arrears will not be forgiven under an equity argument if a parent’s lack of diligence lead to the accumulation of the arrears.
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Carroll v. Moore (Nebraska 1988)

NebraskaChild SupportCase LawIV-D Program

Court-appointed counsel will be provided to indigent defendants in paternity cases.
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Cain v. Jacox (Kansas 2015)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEnforcementEnforcementLaches

The doctrine of res judicata will not bar a claim for post judgment interest on a child support obligation when a parent was not a party in a prior proceeding or in privity with a party to a prior proceeding.
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Branch v. Branch (Mississippi 2015)

MississippiChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportIncome Considerations

Adjusted gross income for income tax purposes and adjusted gross income for the purpose of calculating child are not necessarily the same amount.
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Sellers v. Sellers (Nebraska 2015)

NebraskaChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportChange in Circumstances

Where a strict application of the child support guidelines is presumed, a father’s request for a deviation from the guidelines was not supported by sufficient evidence.
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Anderson v. Anderson (Mississippi 2015)

MississippiChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportChange in Circumstances

A stipulated child support agreement will be treated as though court-ordered, and the amount will not be reviewed for a modification unless there is a material change of circumstances that occurred after the agreement was entered.
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Lewis v. Pagel (Mississippi 2015)

MississippiChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportIncome Considerations

Modification of a support order can be considered as long as the arrears have been reduced to judgment.
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Welfare Recidivism in Maryland: The Importance of Child Support

Child SupportArticles & ResearchEffects of Child SupportReduction of Low Income Families

This report examines the relationship between child support receipt in Maryland and returns to the Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) program, Maryland’s name for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program.  The report answers the following key questions:  1) What percent of women return to public assistance within three years, and what are their demographic and case characteristics? 2) What are the employment and earnings experiences of women after exit? 3) What are TCA leavers’ connections to the public child support system, and how do these connections affect returns to welfare? 4) How does the combination of child support receipt and wages from employment affect returns to welfare?

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Malinak v. Malinak (North Carolina 2015)

North CarolinaChild SupportCase LawEnforcementLaches

If there is a court-ordered support obligation, the doctrine of laches does not bar the recovery of unpaid child support.
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