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Database Child Support and Family Law Legislation Database

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NCSL’s Child Support and Family Law Legislation Database tracks filed bills from 2012 to the present in the 50 states, District of Columbia and U.S. territories. Topics include child support enforcement, child support guidelines, custody and visitation, employment supports, family violence, father engagement, parentage and other related issues.

Notes About This Database

This database is monitored and updated weekly by NCSL staff. Search by state, year, topic, keyword, primary sponsor or bill number. If searching by bill number, please only include the numerical bill information. For example, type “100” instead of “AK H 100.”  

Bills may appear twice in carryover states. In these states, please check the last date of action to ensure the status of the bill reflects the appropriate year.

For faster performance, please use the fields below to filter your results. If you select nothing, the default search will pick up all topics and states in the most recent session year available. The full text of bills is available by clicking on the bill number.

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  • Child Support Prevention

    Legislation in this category addresses efforts to reduce the need for child support orders, including parenting classes and teen pregnancy prevention programs.

  • Custody and Visitation

    Legislation in this category addresses custody, visitation and parenting time provisions.

  • Custody and Visitation – Grandparents

    Legislation in this category addresses custody and visitation rights afforded to grandparents, great grandparents and step-grandparents.

  • Custody and Visitation – Military Parents

    Legislation in this category addresses custody and visitation provisions for military parents, including the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act and other accommodations made for military parents who are or could be deployed.

  • Economic Stability

    Legislation in this category addresses modification of child support orders, changes to TANF pass-through policies and efforts to help noncustodial parents find and maintain employment.

  • Enforcement

    Legislation in this category addresses parent location, paternity establishment, child support orders and child support collections. It includes enforcement methods, such as liens, wage garnishment and revocation of licenses.

  • Enforcement – Intercepts, Asset Seizure

    Legislation in this category addresses liens, levies and other child support enforcement measures that involve intercepting funds or seizing assets.

  • Enforcement – Licenses

    Legislation in this category addresses license revocation for failure to pay child support, including drivers, professional, occupational and recreational licenses.

  • Family Law

    Legislation in this category addresses marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships, divorce and related court proceedings.

  • Family Violence Collaboration

    Legislation in this category pertains to family and child well-being in situations of domestic violence, including restrictions on court processes and parental rights.

  • Father Engagement

    Legislation in this category addresses fatherhood programs and initiatives designed to increase, enhance and support fathers’ involvement in the lives of children.

  • Guidelines

    Legislation in this category addresses methods to determine child support obligations and the length of obligations.

  • Guidelines – Adjustments

    Legislation in this category addresses adjustments to parenting time orders, income adjustments and changes to or deviations from child support basic obligation tables.

  • Guidelines – Termination of Support

    Legislation in this category addresses the continuation of child support beyond the age of majority for various reasons, including educational expenses and adult children with disabilities.

  • Health Care Coverage

    Legislation in this category addresses medical support requirements for parents and other policies designed to ensure that children have health care coverage.

  • Healthy Family Relationships

    Legislation in this category addresses co-parenting education, counseling and mediation, parenting plans and other practices to foster healthy family relationships.

  • Implementation / Administration

    Legislation in this category pertains to the administration of programs, including data-sharing requirements, pilot programs and collaboration between departments.

  • Other / Miscellaneous

    Legislation in this category addresses issues not captured in other categories, including tribal coordination and federal reciprocity compliance.

  • Parentage

    Legislation in this category addresses paternity establishment and disestablishment, establishment of parentage when assisted reproduction is used, gestational carrier agreements and artificial reproduction.

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