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The Intersection Between Welfare Reform And Child Support Enforcement: D.C.’S Weak Link, Stacy Brustin
The Intersection Between Welfare Reform And Child Support Enforcement: D.C.’S Weak Link, Stacy Brustin
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This Article examines the effectiveness with which the District of Columbia has linked welfare reform and child support collection. Part I discusses the ways in which the 1996 federal welfare reform legislation significantly altered federal and state child support systems. Part II shifts the discussion from the national arena to the District of Columbia and explores legislative, executive, and judicial responses to child support enforcement in the wake of federal welfare reform.
Part III recommends ways in which the District of Columbia can improve its enforcement system and suggests that it is not enough to simply establish child support orders; …