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| FORCING CUSTODIAL PARENT TO ACCOUNT FOR SPENDING OF CHILD SUPPORT
RECEIVED Eleven states have statutes that allow the court to
demand an accounting from the custodial parent of how child support is spent and one state
that has allowed such accounting via caselaw. Here is a list, along with the
relevant sections:
- Colorado: Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14-10-115(3)(b)(III) (1999);
- Delaware: Del. Code Ann. tit. 13, § 518 (1994);
- Florida: Fla. Stat. Ann. §61.13(a)(1) (Supp. 2000);
- Indiana: Ind. Code Ann. § 31-16-9-6 (1997);
- Kansas: Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-1616(f) (1995);
- Louisiana: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 9:312 (Supp. 1999);
- Missori: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.342 (1997);
- Nebraska: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-364(6) (1999);
- Oklahoma: Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 118(B)(21) (Supp. 1999);
- Oregon: Or. Rev. Stat. § 107.105(1)(c) (Supp. 1998);
- Washington: Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 26.23.050(2)(a)(ii) (Supp. 1999).
- Alabama: (Alabama authorizes accounting under specific facts as outlined in McDuffie
v. Holland, 690 So. 2d 386 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996)
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