Section 25.4 Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act of 1994 (FFCCSOA), 28 U.S.C. § 1738B

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a. (§25.4) Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act of 1994 (FFCCSOA), 28 U.S.C. § 1738B

By virtue of the Full Faith and Credit Clause in Article IV of the United States Constitution, a final judgment in one state can be enforced in a sister state by a registration process. The Full Faith and Credit Clause, nevertheless, proved ineffective in enforcing interstate child support orders. Because those orders are continuing directives to pay money and are modifiable, they failed to qualify as final...