International Establishment and Enforcement of Family Support

Discusses some of the international, federal, and state laws that apply, or might not apply, to international family support cases; examines how these laws apply to cases in which a spouse, parent, or child living in North carolina seeks to establish or enforce a family support order against a spouse or parent living in a foreign nation and cases in which a spouse, parent, or child living in a foreign nation seeks to establish or enforce a family support order against a spouse or parent living in North Carolina; and suggests some steps that public officials might take to minimize some of the legal problems that arise in international family support proceedings.