Federal Family Support Act

Summary

Federal Family Support Act - Grants Federal district courts jurisdiction, concurrent with State courts, of civil actions brought by a citizen of another State to order a citizen of the State in which the Federal court is located to make support payments in accordance with the applicable law in petitioner's State. Makes it a crime to travel or move in interstate or foreign commerce to avoid compliance with a support order, subjecting violators to a fine of not more than $2,500, imprisonment for not more than three years, or both. Authorizes wives, in criminal prosecutions under this Act, to testify against their husbands without their consent. (Adds 28 U.S.C. 2711-14;18 U.S.C. 21-24; Amends 28 U.S.C. 1332).

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 20 July 1976

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