§ 668. Encouragement of States to adopt civil procedure for establishing paternity in contested cases

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1935

   Family Support Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–485 title I § 111(d) · 102 Stat. 2343

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 668

   Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 468, as added Pub. L. 100–485, title I, § 111(d), Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2350

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 468, as added Pub. L. 100–485, title I, § 111(d), Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2350

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (d) Encouragement of Civil Processes.— Part D of title IV of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “Sec. 468. “encouragement of states to adopt simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging paternity and a civil procedure for establishing paternity in contested cases In the administration of the child support enforcement program under this part, each State is encouraged to establish and implement a simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging paternity and a civil procedure for establishing paternity in contested cases.”.

2. 1996

   Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–193 title III § 331(c) · 110 Stat. 2105

   Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 668

   Pub. L. 104–193 struck out “a simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging paternity and” after “implement”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–193 struck out “a simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging paternity and” after “implement”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Conforming Amendment.— Section 468 (42 U.S.C. 668) is amended by striking “a simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging paternity and”.

   Effective date note
   For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 104–193, see section 395(a)–(c) of Pub. L. 104–193, set out as a note under section 654 of this title.

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