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      "id": 103485,
      "date": "2000-06-20",
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      "title": "Child Support Enforcement and Visitation: Should There be a Federal Connection?",
      "summary": "From time to time, the issue arises of whether the federal Child Support Enforcement (CSE)\nprogram\nshould be actively involved in enforcing visitation rights. Both federal and state policymakers agree\nthat denial of visitation rights should not be considered a reason for stopping child support payments. \nHistorically, Congress has treated visitation and child support as legally separate issues, with only\nchild support enforcement activities under the purview of the federal government. However, Census\nBureau data (1995) show that noncustodial parents are more likely to make payments of child\nsupport if they have either joint custody or visitation rights. In recent years, Congress has moderated\nits position against using federal CSE funds to promote enforcement of visitation rights. In 1988,\nit authorized CSE funding for child access demonstration projects in six states, and in 1996 it (1)\npermitted the Federal Parent Locator Service, which is under the direction of the Administrator of\nthe federal Office of Child Support Enforcement, to provide information on the location of custodial\nparents and children to noncustodial parents and (2) authorized an annual $10 million entitlement\nof CSE funds to states to establish and operate access and visitation programs. Some view these\nrecent steps as too intrusive on state and domestic court authority, while others contend they are long\noverdue and do not go far enough.",
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  "topics": [
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