Each parent is liable to bear child support obligations financially commensurate with his or her means or capacity.
All states have adopted the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act with variations to facilitate interstate enforcement of support obligations. It allows a parent entitled to child support contribution from the other parent living in a different state to bring legal action for the recovery of the same in the home state.
Both federal and state laws on child support payments have become very stringent. State laws require employers to make deductions for child support payments form the salaries of those employee parents who have defaulted in their obligations for a month. State laws also authorize lien on the property of any parent who has not fulfilled his child support obligations, Unpaid support is also recoverable from federal and state income tax refunds, Expedited hearings are mandated for child support cases.
