Hi there

This is a message for all of my respected visitors; yesterday we received a mail from one of our followers about a child support case…

Here goes the question.

Hi
I have a friend that is from Peru. She has a daughter. The father is a U S citizen. He resides in New York now. Can she file for child support from Peru? We would like to hire a lawyer for this matter but we need to know if that is a case that can be handle or if there is not a chance that she can get it at all. Please let us know if you have handle a similar situation before.
Thank you

Here goes the answer and hope it will help you to find the right key

Yes, the case still favors you very much and you can rightfully claim for child support payments from Peru only. Under U.S. law Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Child Support Enforcement and the United States Central Authority for International Child Support facilitates child support enforcement with residents of foreign reciprocating countries like Peru. Reciprocating countries get authorization of federal-level agreements regarding child support enforcement. Since your ex husband stays in United States, individual state child support office or “IV-D agency” will administer the establishment and enforcement of child support obligations according to Federal, state, and local laws. You can apply for the legal services at the state child support agency in the individual states also, regardless of the fact that your husband stays in a different country. They will cooperate with other states and foreign reciprocating countries to release the support order. You can find such state Central Registry in OCSE’s Online Interstate Resource Guide.

While seeking the enforcement order, Peru’s Central Authority will post the appeal to the child support agency in the U.S. state of residence of your ex husband who is obliged to pay child support. As enacted in US under federal law, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act will reduce the barriers and multiple of support orders during the activities. Thus it will help the states to cooperate with each other so as to establish your paternity and child support order Ask your lawyer for local child support agency list and how the interstate law will expedite the process. But collecting child support will take time for you.

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