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Interstate Child Support: Wage Withholding Not Fulfilling Expectations

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 25, 1992
Report No. HRD-92-65BR
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Summary:

To more effectively enforce court-ordered support for millions of children, 1984 federal legislation requires states to withhold support payments from the wages of noncustodial parents who become delinquent in their child support payments for one month or more. This briefing report (1) examines procedures used in interstate wage withholding, (2) gauges the uniformity of these procedures among states, (3) estimates the time taken to serve a wage withholding order on an employer, and (4) identifies factors contributing to processing time. GAO discovered that a lack of uniform procedures, resources, and equipment all contribute to the failure of states to withhold court-ordered child support payments from the wages of out-of-state parents as required by federal law.

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