[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 48242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18608]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 4042]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Study Group on Reciprocal Enforcement of Child Support 
Obligations: Notice of Meetings

    There will be two public meetings of a Study Group of the Secretary 
of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law, one on 
Wednesday, August 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana and the other on 
Saturday, August 10 in Washington, DC. Additional information about the 
times and locations are provided below.
    The purpose of these meetings is to assist the Department of State 
in preparing for the upcoming negotiation, under the auspices of the 
Hague Conference on Private International Law, of a new international 
convention on the international recovery of child support and other 
forms of family maintenance. The first session of this negotiation is 
scheduled for the spring of 2003 in The Hague. The Permanent Bureau of 
the Hague Conference is preparing for this negotiation, including by 
distributing to all Hague Conference member countries and other 
interested countries an information note and questionnaire. This and 
other documents relevant to this project can be found on the web site 
of the Hague Conference (http://www.hcch.net). Officials of the 
Permanent Bureau are expected to attend the Study Group meetings, as 
are officials of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services.
    The two Study Group meetings are being planned to coincide with the 
annual meetings of the National Child Support Enforcement Association 
(NCSEA) and the American Bar Association (ABA).
    The Wednesday, August 7 meeting will take place, in conjunction 
with NCSEA's conference, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Eglinton 
Winton Room, 2nd floor, Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, 2 Poydras 
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.
    The Saturday, August 10 meeting will take place, in conjunction 
with the ABA conference, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Hale & Dorr, LLP, 
1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Suite 1000. (This is 
adjacent to the Willard Inter-Continental Hotel, where meetings of the 
ABA Section of International Law and Practice will take place earlier 
that day.)
    The Study Group meetings are open to the public up to the capacity 
of the meeting rooms. Interested persons are invited to attend and to 
express their views. Persons who wish to have their views considered 
are encouraged, but not required, to submit written comments in advance 
of the meeting. Written comments should be submitted by e-mail to Mary 
Helen Carlson at [email protected]. All comments will be made 
available to the public by request to Ms. Carlson via e-mail or by 
phone (202-776-8420).

Mary Helen Carlson,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-18608 Filed 7-22-02; 8:45 am]
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