Ngaba kufuneka ukuqokelela inkxaso yabantwana kwelinye ilizwe? Oku kwaziwa ngokuba 'inkxaso yangaphandle yabantwana.' Ingumngeni onokuvela xa wena okanye wakho ofudlulayo uye kwenye irhafu kwaye mhlawumbi kuwe kamva ufuna ukuseka okanye ukuguqula umyalelo wokuxhasa umntwana. Umzekelo:
- Khawucinge ukuba uvumelene nomyalelo wokuncedisa umntwana owasekwa yiCalifornia. Emva koko umfuduko wakho uhamba waya e-Illinois kwaye ucela ukuguqulwa kwenkxaso yabantwana. Yiyiphi imithetho yomgaqo-nkqubo yomntwana ekufuneka isetyenziswe?
- Yithi umyalelo wakho wokuxhasa umntwana wasungulwa eKentucky, kwaye kamva uhambisa abantwana bakho e-Alabama. Yiyiphi imimiselo yommandla ekufuneka ilandelwe, urhulumente apho umyalelo ovela khona, okanye urhulumente apho abahlala khona ngoku abantwana?
UMthetho woNkxaso weNkxaso yeNkxaso yeNkxaso yoLuntu (Uniform Interstate Support Act) (i-UIFSA) yasungulwa ukuze uphendule le meko imibuzo yokuxhasa abantwana.
Ukuxhaswa kwabantwana be-Interstate Support ne-UIFSA
Abazali abadinga ukuqokelela ukuxhaswa kwabantwana be-interstate bakhuselwa phantsi koMthetho woNcedo lweNkxaso yoBomi beNkxaso yoNyaka (Uniform Interstate Family Support Act) (UIFSA). Eyamukelwa ngabo bonke ama-50 ase-United States, umthetho wasungulwa ukuze uncede iintsapho zixazulule ngokukhawuleza imiba yokuxhasa abantwana ngokufanelekileyo. Ngokuqhelekileyo, oku kufuna ukuba inkundla idibanise imiyalelo emininzi yokuxhasa enye, umyalelo wokunyanzeliswa.
I-Interstate Child Support Terms You Need to Know
Okokuqala, kubalulekile ukuqonda isigama esisebenza kwimeko yakho, kuquka:
- Urhulumente ovela kummandla : Ngokubanzi, urhulumente owawukhupha umyalelo wokuxhasa umntwana uya kuhlala uhlala "negunya eliqhubekayo" nje kuphela ukuba abazali bobabini baqhubeke behlala apho okanye bavuma ukuthumela umyalelo wokuxhasa umntwana kwelinye ilizwe.
- Indawo yokuhlala yangoku: Ukuba umxhasi wexhaswa ngumntwana (umzali oboleka inkxaso yenkxaso yabantwana) uhamba okanye utshintshe imeko yenkxaso yomntwana, u-UIFSA unikezela "ilizwe elivela kummandla" amandla okuthumela isaziso sokubamba, ngokuthe ngqo kweso sizwe esitsha. Umyalelo wokubambelela uza kuchaza ixesha lokuxhaswa kwabantwana kunye nemali kunye nexesha, kunye nayiphi na imali ehlawulwayo emva kwemali, i-inshorensi yezempilo, okanye enye inkcazo yokuhlawula.
Ngamanye amazwi, urhulumente okhuphe umyalelo wokuqala wugcina ilungelo lokusemthethweni lokugcina loo myalelo nokuba ngaba umzali ohlawula inkxaso yenkxaso yabantwana uhamba ngaphandle kwimeko.
Ukuguqulwa koMyalelo weNkxaso yoMntwana okhoyo
Kuphela urhulumente 'onamandla okuqhubekayo' unamandla okuguqula umyalelo wokuxhasa umntwana. Nangona kunjalo, kukho olunye uhlangothi: ukuba ngaba bobabini abazali bahamba emagunyeni amatsha, ngoko ke urhulumente omtsha unamandla okuguqula umyalelo wokuxhasa umntwana. Ukuba ngaba abazali bathuthela kumazwe amabini ahlukeneyo, iqela elifuna ukuguqulwa kufuneka lifake ukulungiswa kwimeko entsha.
Ukuxhaswa kwabantwana kunye neNkxaso yaseKhaya yabantwana
Ubuncinane kufuneka kusekwe ngaphambi kokunyanzeliswa komyalelo omtsha wokuxhasa abantwana. Ukuba umzali awusayi kusekwa, umzali kufuneka alayishe uvavanyo lwama-paternity ukuqinisekisa ukuba ngaba uncedo lwabantwana alufunwa okanye alufunanga. Ngokuqhelekileyo, inkundla ayiyi kubamba umntu onoxanduva lokuxhasa abantwana ngaphandle kokuba udibene ne-biologically kumntwana. (Okukuphela kwendawo eyaziwa ngokuba yi-"presumption of parenthood", apho umntu angabanjwa ngokwezimali ngokwemali xa umntwana esatshatile kumama, nokuba loo nto ingumntwana okanye ayikho.)
Kunokuba nzima kunzima ukubonisa ubungqina emva kokuba umzali atshintshele kwelinye ilizwe, kodwa akunakwenzeka. Ukuba unqwenela ukufakela ukuxhaswa kwabantwana, kufuneka wenze njalo kwimeko apho uhlala khona nomntwana wakho. Amagosa aseburhulumenteni akho aya kusebenza kunye ne-ejensi yokuxhasa abantwana kwimeko apho uhlala khona ukuqhuba ukuhlolwa kobantwana kunye nokuseka umyalelo wokuxhasa abantwana.