support obligation
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
the term “support obligation” means any amount determined under a court order or an order of an administrative process pursuant to the law of a State or of an Indian tribe to be due from a person for the support and maintenance of a child or of a child and the parent with whom the child is living.
Source
- 1998–present18 U.S.C. § 228Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Failure to pay legal child support obligations · as used in this section