U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children & Families
Office of Child Support Enforcement
This benchbook was developed under grant number SJI-97-02B-G-028 from the State Justice Institute. The points of view expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the State Justice Institute. Instructions for downloading and extracting this benchbook may be found below.
The purpose of this benchbook is to provide a coherent picture of UIFSA. The benchbook introduces UIFSA's key concepts and ties together UIFSA's provisions, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law's (NCCUSL) comments and illustrative cases and examples. The benchbook is designed for use in court, by judicial officers and lawyers, as a handy reference source and procedural guide in typical courtroom situations.
An equally important goal is to highlight the interrelatedness of UIFSA's provisions. While some of UIFSA's provisions may stand alone, the better approach is to read and interpret the Act's provisions within the context of the Act's entirety, including its definition section. Thus, several parts of the benchbook repeat select material that pertains to virtually every phase in the child support enforcement process. Cross-references to pertinent UIFSA provisions further underscore the extent to which UIFSA's provisions relate to one another to create a coherent framework for the resolution of interstate family support matters.
The successful implementation of UIFSA and the achievement of its underlying goal of uniformity in the interstate arena, require an unprecedented level of cooperation, communication and deference among and between States as well as their respective courts and other tribunals. By highlighting this fact, the benchbook promotes UIFSA's implementation in a manner consistent with the intent of its drafters - and the U.S. Congress - and thereby seeks to enhance parental responsibility for the support of children and families.
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The complete INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT: A BENCHBOOK may be downloaded by clicking on the link below and downloading bench.exe to your local drive. Once the file is downloaded, run the file. You will be prompted for a directory to extract the files to (the default is c:\bbook). If the folder doesn't exist it will be created and 17 files extracted (in MicroSoft Word format). Download: INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT: A BENCHBOOK (360KB Win32 Self Extracting Archive) Copyright 1998 Service Design Associates. Material may be reproduced for use in judicial training so long as the copyright is noted. |