United States Ninth Circuit

Under the Child Support Recovery Act, 18 USC 228, a restitution order may include accrued interest for unpaid child support, even if the underlying state court order did not mention interest, as long as state law required interest for unpaid support.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/09/2001
• Decided 09/06/2001
• Published 09/06/2001

Judges

• Before:  REINHARDT, TASHIMA, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Eric V. Kersten, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Fresno, California, for the defendant-appellant., Stanley A. Boone, Assistant United States Attorney, Fresno, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.