In the United States, each state has specific laws governing paternity and divorce matters, all of which encompass some formulation, regulation, or provision for the payment of child support.
With our ever-mobile society, more and more families are moving from state to state and thus, some regulation is needed between the states to enforce child support orders from other states. The UCCJEA is the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.1 The UCCJEA has been adopted by 49 states, including Indiana.2
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