1994 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 11A - CHILD SUPPORT
Sec. 228 - Failure to pay legal child support obligations
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 11A - CHILD SUPPORT Sec. 228 - Failure to pay legal child support obligations |
Contains | section 228 |
Date | 1994 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Child Support Recovery Act of 1992 |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 102-521, §2(a), Oct. 25, 1992, 106 Stat. 3403. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 106 Stat. 3403 |
Public Law References | Public Law 102-521 |
§228. Failure to pay legal child support obligations
(a) Offense.—Whoever willfully fails to pay a past due support obligation with respect to a child who resides in another State shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
(b) Punishment.—The punishment for an offense under this section is—
(1) in the case of a first offense under this section, a fine under this title, imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both; and
(2) in any other case, a fine under this title, imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.
(c) Restitution.—Upon a conviction under this section, the court shall order restitution under section 3663 in an amount equal to the past due support obligation as it exists at the time of sentencing.
(d) Definitions.—As used in this section—
(1) the term “past due support obligation” means any amount—
(A) determined under a court order or an order of an administrative process pursuant to the law of a State to be due from a person for the support and maintenance of a child or of a child and the parent with whom the child is living; and
(B) that has remained unpaid for a period longer than one year, or is greater than ,000; and
(2) the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, and any other possession or territory of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 102–521, §2(a), Oct. 25, 1992, 106 Stat. 3403.)
Short TitleSection 1 of Pub. L. 102–521 provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and sections 3796cc to 3796cc–6 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, amending section 3563 of this title and section 3797 of Title 42, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 12301 of Title 42] may be cited as the ‘Child Support Recovery Act of 1992’.”
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