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Child Support Terminology
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Family Support Act
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The Family Support Act passed in 1988 with two
major mandates: Immediate Wage Withholding,
unless courts find that there is good cause not
to require such withholding, or there is a
written agreement between both parties requiring
an alternative arrangement; and Guidelines for
Child Support Award Amounts, which requires
States to use guidelines to determine the amount
of support for each family, unless they are
rebutted by a written finding that applying the
guidelines would be inappropriate to the case.
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Family Violence Indicator (FVI)
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The FVI is a Federal Case Registry (FCR)
designation placed on a participant in a case or
order by a State that indicated a person is
associated with child abuse or domestic violence.
It is used to prevent disclosure of the location
of a custodial party and/or a child believed by
the State to be at risk of family violence.
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Federal Case Registry (FCR)
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A national case registry which contains abstracts
of all the child support cases and orders
contained in each State Case Registry. The FCR
will assist States in tracking the interstate
movement of persons involved in child support
cases. Implementation date is October 1998.
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Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
Code
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The 5-digit code that identifies every state and
county in the U.S. The first two (2)
digits represent the state and the last three (3)
digits represent the county.
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Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS)
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A service operated by the Office of Child Support
Enforcement in the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services to assist the States in
locating responsible persons for the purpose of
obtaining child support payments; also used in
cases of parental kidnapping related to custody
and visitation determinations. The FPLS obtains
employer and home address information from
Federal agencies.
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Federal Tax Refund Offset Program
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The Federal Tax Refund Offset Program collects
past due child support amounts from non-custodial
parents through the interception of their Federal
income tax refund, or an administrative payment,
such as Federal retirement benefits. This program
also incorporates the Passport Denial Program,
which denies U.S. passports at the time
of application when the applicant's child support
debts exceed $5,000. In the future, the program
will expand to include the revocation and/or
restriction of already issued passports. The
cooperation of States in the submittal of cases
for tax interception is mandatory, while
submittal of cases for administrative
interception is optional. The Federal Tax Refund
Offset Program is operated in cooperation with
the IRS, the
U.S.
Department of Treasury's Financial Management
Service (FMS), the U.S. Department of State
and the State Child Support Enforcement Agencies
(CSEAs).
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Financial Institutions Data Match
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Identifies and levies any assets held by a
financial institution that belong to
non-custodial parents who owe past-due child
support
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Financial Management Services Intercept
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Intercepts federal administrative payments owed
to non-custodial parents to pay their current and
past-due child support.
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Fixed Amount
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A lump sum obligation or cycle amount to be paid
in full by the non-custodial parent to the
custodial parent, welfare department, and others
by a specified date (for example, reimbursement
of blood test cost, arrearages, etc.).
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Federal Performance Standards (FPS)
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Federal Performance Standards are used to analyze
effectiveness of the IV-D program.
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Franchise Tax Board Tax Refund Intercept System
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Intercepts non-custodial parents' state income
tax refunds to pay their current and past-due
child support.
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Fraud
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A deception deliberately practiced in order to
secure unfair or unlawful gain.
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Full Faith and Credit
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The doctrine under which a State must honor an
order or judgment entered in another State.
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