Legal Opinion
Blessing v. Freestone
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 21, 1997No. 95-1441PublishedCited by 1,383 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
This case concerns a lawsuit brought by five mothers in Arizona whose children are eligible to receive child support services from the State pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, as added, 88 Stat. 2351, and as amended, 42 U. S. C. §§ 651-669b (1994 ed. and Supp. II). These custodial parents sued the director of Arizona’s child support agency *333under Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1983, claiming that they had an enforceable individual right to have the State’s program achieve “substantial compliance” with the requirements of Title IV-D. Without distinguishing among the numerous…
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