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US to revoke passports of parents with child support debt
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- Sareen Habeshian Getty Images The US State Department has said it will start to revoke the passports of Americans who owe significant amounts of child support.
- The department announced that parents who have outstanding debt of more than $2,500 (€1,844) in child support payments could be impacted, but would be targeting those "significant outstanding" debt.
- The State Department said it is using "commonsense tools to support American families and strengthen compliance" with US laws in an approach it said would enforce parents' "legal and moral obligations to their children".
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Sareen Habeshian Getty Images The US State Department has said it will start to revoke the passports of Americans who owe significant amounts of child support.
The department announced that parents who have outstanding debt of more than $2,500 (€1,844) in child support payments could be impacted, but would be targeting those "significant outstanding" debt.
The State Department said it is using "commonsense tools to support American families and strengthen compliance" with US laws in an approach it said would enforce parents' "legal and moral obligations to their children".
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