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[CITE: 42USC668]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES 
              WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES
 
          Part D--Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
 
Sec. 668. Encouragement of States to adopt civil procedure for 
        establishing paternity in contested cases
        
    In the administration of the child support enforcement program under 
this part, each State is encouraged to establish and implement a civil 
procedure for establishing paternity in contested cases.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 468, as added Pub. L. 100-485, 
title I, Sec. 111(d), Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2350; amended Pub. L. 
104-193, title III, Sec. 331(c), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2230.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-193 struck out ``a simple civil process for 
voluntarily acknowledging paternity and'' after ``implement''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 104-193, see section 
395(a)-(c) of Pub. L. 104-193, set out as a note under section 654 of 
this title.
