Child Support Enforcement and the Hague Convention on Recovery of International Child Support

This report published by the Congressional Research Service provides an overview of the current Child Support Enforcement (CSE) system and a discussion of how international CSE cases are handled. It provides a summary of the 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (the Convention), which was adopted by the United States in 2017. It also provides a description of the provisions included in P.L. 113-183 that pertain to enforcement of child support in international cases. These provisions would implement The Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and any other multilateral agreement to which the United States is a party.