New York Divorce Report - New York's Divorce and Family Law Blog

If you want or need a new passport to travel abroad, you had better be current on your child support. The State Department will now deny a passport to any non-custodial parent owing $2,500 or more in court-ordered child support. As Janet Langjahr points out, the new passport rules while implemented as a matter of national security, has the effect of benefiting children owed child support. The Governor of Connecticut reported that this policy has had a tremendous effect on child support collections: Since January 2007, when the new federal passport rules were announced, Connecticut has collected nearly $180,000 from... More