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Code Title 28 Part IV Chapter 87 1390

28 U.S. Code 1390 - Scope

Current through Pub. L. 114-38. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)

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(a)Venue Defined.
As used in this chapter, the term venue refers to the geographic
specification of the proper court or courts for the litigation of a civil action
that is within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the district courts in general,
and does not refer to any grant or restriction of subject-matter jurisdiction
providing for a civil action to be adjudicated only by the district court for a
particular district or districts.
(b)Exclusion of Certain Cases.
Except as otherwise provided by law, this chapter shall not govern the venue
of a civil action in which the district court exercises the jurisdiction
conferred by section 1333, except that such civil actions may be transferred
between district courts as provided in this chapter.
(c)Clarification Regarding Cases Removed From State Courts.
This chapter shall not determine the district court to which a civil action
pending in a State court may be removed, but shall govern the transfer of an
action so removed as between districts and divisions of the United States
district courts.
(Added Pub. L. 11263, title II, 201(a), Dec. 7, 2011, 125 Stat. 762.)

Compilation of the Social Security Laws

REQUIREMENT OF STATUTORILY PRESCRIBED

PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS OF
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 466. [42 U.S.C. 666] (a) In order to satisfy section 454(20)(A), each
State must have in effect laws requiring the use of the following procedures,
consistent with this section and with regulations of the Secretary, to increase
the effectiveness of the program which the State administers under this part:
(C) Voluntary paternity acknowledgment.(i) Simple civil process.
Procedures for a simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging
paternity under which the State must provide that, before a mother and a
putative father can sign an acknowledgment of paternity, the mother and the
putative father must be given notice, orally, or through the use of video or
audio equipment, and in writing, of the alternatives to, the legal
consequences of, and the rights (including, if 1 parent is a minor, any rights
afforded due to minority status) and responsibilities that arise from, signing
the acknowledgment.

(iii) Contest.Procedures under which, after the 60day period

referred to in clause (ii), a signed voluntary acknowledgment of
paternity may be challenged in court only on the basis of fraud, duress,
or material mistake of fact, with the burden of proof upon the
challenger, and under which the legal responsibilities (including child
support obligations) of any signatory arising from the acknowledgment
may not be suspended during the challenge, except for good cause
shown.