Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act
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One of the uniform laws. 23 Am J2d Desert § 125. A statute enacted for the purpose of avoiding difficulties in the enforcement of an obligation of support where the person owing the duty has departed from the state in which the dependent resides.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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