Note
Issued also in French under title: La suspension ou le refus d’autorisation, nouvelle mesure d’exécution des pensions alimentaires pour enfants.
Author affiliated with: Moyer & Associates.
"Presented to: Family, Children and Youth Section, Department of Justice Canada"--Title page.
Résumé
"This report examines the various licence denial and suspension programs in place across the United States and Canada that encourage compliance with child support orders. The types of licences examined for the study include drivers’ licences, occupational licences and passports. In the United States, such programs are based on state legislation, which authorizes states to deny or suspend licences for child support payors who are in default of making their payments. In Canada, licence denial and suspension programs have recently been implemented in nine of the 14 jurisdictions, including the federal jurisdiction, over federal licences and passports. The description of programs in the United States and Canada is intended to inform and assist future policy decisions concerning the possible implementation or enhancement of similar programs across Canada."--Page i.
Contenu
1. Introduction -- 2. Method -- 3. Licence suspension in the United States -- 3.1. State legislative authority -- 3.2. The types of occupational licences subject to suspension -- 3.3. Trigger points: what arearage is necessary before payors are targeted? -- 3.4. Administrative and judicial decision making and procedural safeguards -- 3.5. Temporary licences -- 3.6. Matching payors to licence holders -- 3.7. Reinstatement of the licence -- 3.8. Monitoring and evaluation: child support payments received -- 3.9. Communications and public legal education -- 3.10. Benefits and drawbacks of licence restriction programs in the United States -- 4. Licence denial and suspension programs in Canada --
4.1. Drivers’ licence restriction in Canada --
4.2. Passport and federal occupational licence revocation --
5. Conclusions --
5.1. Summary --
5.2. Policy implications -- Appendix A. State legislation authorizing licence suspensions -- Appendix B. A summary of provincial and terrirorial licence restriction legislation.