Title IV—Child Support Enforcement

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Title IV—Child Support Enforcement is a section of U.S. federal law that establishes and governs programs to locate noncustodial parents, establish paternity, and enforce child support obligations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf child support enforcement program framework
section of United States federal law
administeredBy Office of Child Support Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services
surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
appliesTo children
custodial parents
noncustodial parents
authorizes credit bureau reporting of child support arrears
intercept of federal tax refunds for child support arrears
license suspension for nonpayment of child support
liens and levies on assets for child support collection
use of federal parent locator service
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enforcedBy United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States

state child support enforcement agencies
establishes data sharing mechanisms for locating parents
federal performance measures for child support programs
penalties for state noncompliance with program requirements
implementedBy state child support agencies
legalArea family law
social welfare law
legalBasisFor Title IV-D child support program
federal-state child support enforcement partnership
objective to ensure children receive financial support from noncustodial parents
to reduce public assistance costs by securing private child support
partOf Social Security Act of 1935
surface form: Social Security Act
provides federal funding to states for child support enforcement
regulates child support enforcement programs
collection of child support
distribution of child support payments
income withholding for child support
interstate child support enforcement
location of noncustodial parents
medical support enforcement
paternity establishment procedures
state child support guidelines requirements
relatedTo Medicaid
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
requires states to enforce child support orders
states to establish child support orders
states to establish paternity for children born outside marriage
states to have procedures for interstate enforcement
states to locate noncustodial parents
states to maintain a state parent locator service
states to operate child support enforcement programs
states to use income withholding for child support

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PRWORA containsTitle Title IV—Child Support Enforcement
this entity surface form: Title III – Child Support Enforcement