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Child Support Terminology
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Imputed Income
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Fringe benefits provided to employees that may be
taxable but which cannot be counted as additional
disposable income that is subject to child
support obligations.
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Income
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As defined by the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(PRWORA), income is any periodic form of payment
to an individual, regardless of source, including
wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, worker's
compensation, disability, pension, or retirement
program payments and interest. All income (except
imputed income) is subject to income withholding
for child support, pursuant to a child support
order, but is protected by Consumer Credit
Protection Act limits, both State and federal.
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Income and Expense Declaration
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A standardized form that is completed by each
parent to be used in court to help determine
child support.
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Income Tax Refund Offset
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Collects past due child support payments from the
tax refunds of parents who have been ordered to
pay support. The Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE) operates the program at the
federal level with the cooperative efforts of the
Department of Treasury. State IV-D agencies also
operate state tax refund offset programs.
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Income Withholding
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Procedure by which automatic deductions are made
from wages or income, as defined in the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), to pay a
debt such as child support. Income withholding
often is incorporated into the child support
order and may be voluntary or involuntary. The
provision dictates that an employer must withhold
support from a non-custodial parent's wages and
transfer that withholding to the appropriate
agency (the Centralized Collection Unit or State
Disbursement Unit). Sometimes referred to as wage
withholding.
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Initiating Jurisdiction
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In interstate cases, the state or county which
sends a request for action to another
jurisdiction. In review and adjustment, the state
in which one of the parties requests the review.
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Intercept
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A method of securing child support by taking a
portion of non-wage payments made to a
non-custodial parent. Non-wage payments subject
to interception include Federal tax refunds,
State tax refunds, unemployment benefits, and
disability benefits.
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Internal Revenue Service Tax Refund Intercept
System
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Intercepts non-custodial parents' federal income
tax refunds to pay their past-due child support.
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Interstate
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Cases in which the dependent child and
non-custodial parent live in different states, or
where two or more States are involved in some
case activity, such as enforcement.
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Interviewer
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See Child Support Officer.
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IV-A
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The government IV-A program is comprised of many
welfare programs, including Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, food stamps,
WIC, etc.. A IV-A custodial parent is one who
receives benefits from any of these programs. The
Child Support Enforcement System (CSES) and the
accompanying documentation use the terms IV-A and
TANF interchangeably.
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IV-D
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IV-D refers to Court-ordered child support
obligations being paid to a custodial parent. A
IV-D custodial parent is one who is owed the IV-D
obligations.
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IV-D Agency
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A single and separate organizational unit in a
state that has the responsibility for
administering the state plan for child support
under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
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IV-E
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The government IV-E program is the Foster Care
program, and a IV-E custodial parent is one who
receives IV-E benefits for caring for a
dependent.
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