520 U.S. 329 (1997) Cited 1,458 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that Title IV-D of the Social Security Act "does not give individuals a federal right to force a state agency to substantially comply with" its terms because "the requirement that a State operate its child support program in `substantial compliance' with Title IV-D was not intended to benefit individual children and custodial parents, and therefore it does not constitute a federal right" enforceable under § 1983