42 U.S.C. § 660 — Civil action to enforce child support obligations; jurisdiction of district courts
submitted 91 years ago by Pub. L. 93-647 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 65 words · no verdicts yet
United States district courts have jurisdiction over civil actions certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enforce child-support obligations. No minimum amount in dispute is required, and the action may be filed in any of three specified districts.
United States* district courts have jurisdiction, regardless of the amount in dispute, to hear and decide a civil action that the Secretary* of Health and Human Services certifies under section 652(a)(8). The action may be filed in the district where the claim arose, where the plaintiff lives, or where the defendant lives.
The district courts of the United States* shall have jurisdiction, without regard to any amount in controversy, to hear and determine any civil action certified by the Secretary* of Health and Human Services under section 652(a)(8) of this title. A civil action under this section may be brought in any judicial district in which the claim arose, the plaintiff resides, or the defendant resides.
Source credit: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 460, as added Pub. L. 93–647, § 101(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2358; amended Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2663(j)(2)(B)(xi), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1170.)
- 1935Enacted · Pub. L. 93-647 · 88 Stat. 2358
- 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-369 · 98 Stat. 1170
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