2016 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 7 - Social Security
Subchapter IV - Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families With Children and for Child-Welfare Services
Part D - Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
Sec. 660 - Civil action to enforce child support obligations; jurisdiction of district courts
| 42 U.S.C. § 660 (2016) |
| §660. Civil action to enforce child support obligations; jurisdiction of district courts |
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The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, without regard to any amount in controversy, to hear and determine any civil action certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 652(a)(8) of this title. A civil action under this section may be brought in any judicial district in which the claim arose, the plaintiff resides, or the defendant resides. |
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(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, §460, as added Pub. L. 93–647, §101(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2358; amended Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, §2663(j)(2)(B)(xi), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1170.) |
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AMENDMENTS
1984—Pub. L. 98–369 substituted "Health and Human Services" for "Health, Education, and Welfare". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 98–369 effective July 18, 1984, but not to be construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 401 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
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| Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 7 - SOCIAL SECURITY SUBCHAPTER IV - GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES Part D - Child Support and Establishment of Paternity Sec. 660 - Civil action to enforce child support obligations; jurisdiction of district courts |
| section 660 |
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| January 6, 2017 |
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| 88 Stat. 2358 98 Stat. 1170 |
| Public Law 93-647, Public Law 98-369 |
