42 U.S.C. § 660
Section 660 · Civil action to enforce child support obligations; jurisdiction of district courts
This is § 460 of the Social Security Act of 1935
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Overman v. United States (1977)
Most recently applied in 52 Cal. App. 4th 527 - In Re Marriage of Purnel (January 1997)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, without regard to any amount in controversy, to hear and determine any civil action certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 652(a)(8) of this title. A civil action under this section may be brought in any judicial district in which the claim arose, the plaintiff resides, or the defendant resides.
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Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–369 substituted “Health and Human Services” for “Health, Education, and Welfare”.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–369 effective July 18, 1984, but not to be construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.