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PIL Conventions for Which U.S. Signature/Ratification/Accession is Under Consideration
Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996)www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=70
42 U.S.C. 659A (Section 371 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, 1996) (statutory authority regarding bilateral child support arrangements) http://uscode.house.gov/
HHS Office of Child Support Enforcement website (for complete list of bilateral child support arrangements) http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (2009) http://www.hcch.net/upload/wop/maint2009concl_e.pdf
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (2010) http://www.hcch.net/upload/wop/adop2010concl_e.pdf
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (First session, 2011) http://www.hcch.net/upload/concl28sc6_e.pdf
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (Second session, 2012) http://www.hcch.net/upload/wop/abduct2012concl_e.pdf
Child Maintenance. Section 459A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 659A) authorizes the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to declare foreign countries, or their political subdivisions, to be reciprocating countries for the purpose of the enforcement of family support obligations. The Federal Register notice can be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 161, printed Wednesday, August 20, 2014, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-08-20/pdf/2014-19794.pdf , which includes a chart listing those countries.
Work in Progress
Hague Conference on Private International Law - Working Group to develop a Guide to Good Practice on the interpretation and application of Article 13(1) b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention
Hague Conference on Private International Law - Experts’ Group to carry out exploratory research on cross-border recognition and enforcement of agreements reached in the course of international child disputes
