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Index to Title IV, Part D, of the Social Security Act

Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act (Title IV-D)

Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act (beginning with Section 451) pertains to Child Support and Establishment of Paternity. Child Support Services provides this index to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.

A

Agent
     State; Parent Locator Service:  453(c)

Alimony
     Garnishment Consent:  459(a)

Appropriation
     Child support:  451
     Obligation deemed; Secretary's estimate:  455(b)(3)
     Paternity establishment:  451
     Spouse support:  451

Assignment
     Right to payment; assignment of collection:  1912

Audit Adoption assistance
     Child support program:  452(a)(4)

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B

Bankruptcy:  456(b)

Benefits
     Garnishment:  459

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C

Certification
     Child support for IRS collection:  452(b)

Child
     Custody:  463
     Paternity establishment:  454(4)(A)

Child and Spousal Support Program
     Allotment; uniformed services:  465
     Appropriation:  451
     Audit of State program:  452(a)(4)
     Distribution of support collected:  457
     Enforcement:  454(16); 459
     Federal Parent Locator Service:  452(a)(9); 453; 454(17)
     Garnishment:  459
     Jurisdiction:  460
     Late payment fee:  454(21)
     Laws:  454(20)
     Payments to States:  454(22); 455; 458; 459(e)
     Publicity:  454(23)
     Recordkeeping:  452
     Reports
          Congress:  452(a)(10)
          HHS:  454(15)(A)
     State plan requirements:  452; 454; 466

Child Support
     Collection:  452; 456
     Definition:  462(b)
     Enforcement:  454(9); 469
     Garnishment:  459
     Late payment fee:  454(21)
     Regulations:  452(f)

Custody:  463

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D

Definitions
     Account:  466(a)(17)(D)(ii)
     Alimony:  459(i)(3)
     Assistance from the State:  457(c)(1)
     Authorized person:  453(c), 463(d)(2); 465(b)
     Child support:  459(i)(2)
     Consumer price index:  458A(b)(2)(B)
     Domestic violence:  408(a)(7)(C)(iii)
     Federal medical assistance percentage:  457(c)(3)
     Federal share:  457(c)(2)
     Financial institution:  466(a)(17)(D)(i); 469A(d)(1)
     Finanical record:  469A(d)(2)
     Incentive base amount:  458A(b)(4)
     Incentive payment pool:  458A(b)(2)(A)
     Legal guardianship:  457(7)
     Legal process:  459(i)(5)
     Medical services:  408(a)(6)
     Overdue support:  466(e)
     Past-due support:  464(c)
     Penalty amount:  455(a)(4)(B)(i)
     Penalty base:  455(a)(4)(B)(ii)
     Private person:  459(i)(4)
     State incentive payment share:  458A(b)(3)
     United States:  459(i)(1)

Disbursing Officer
     Liability
           Garnishment:  459(f)
           Standard:  459(f)

Disclosure of Information
     Agency other than HHS
           Parent Locator Service:  453(e)
     Child support overdue:  466(a)(7)
     Liability of Federal employee; child support program:  459(c)
     Parent Locator Service
           Dependent child:  453(b)
           Parental kidnapping of child:  463(c)
     Regulations:  453(d)
     Safeguards:  452(d)(1)(C); 453(b)(end); 454(16)
     Secretary HHS from Other Agencies
           Parent Locator Service:  453(e)
     State
           HHS Request
                Parent Locator Service:  453(e)

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E

Earnings Record
     Disclosure of information; Parent Locator Service:  453(b)(1)

Employee 
     State
           Bonding:  454(14)

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F

Fee
     Collection of support:  454(6); 464; 466(c)
     Disclosure of information:  466(a)(7)
     Paternity establishment:  454(6)
     Regulations:  454(6)

Finance
     Participation by State;  State plan requirement:  454(2)

Fraud
     Deterrence:  454(15)
     Staffing to deter:  454(15)

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G

Garnishment
     Alimony:  459
     Child support:  459
     Court jurisdiction:  460
     Multiple service; priority;  461(c)
     Notice to parent:  459(d)
     Pay schedule:  459(e)
     Person designated to accept legal process:  459(d)
     Regulations:  461
     Service on U.S.:  459(b)

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H

I

Information
     Automatic data proceesing:  452(d)(1)(G)

Internal Revenue Service
     Collection of delinquent child support:  452(b)

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J

Judicial Review
     Child and spousal support:  452(v)(8); 454(4)(B); 460
     Federal Parent Locator Service:  453(c)(2)
     Support
          Child:  452(a)(8), (b), 454(4)(B), (9)(C), 460; 462(e)
          Collection:  454(7)
          Spouse:  454(4)(B); 460

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K
L

Legal Process
     Service on U.S.: 459(b)

Liability
     Garnishment:  459(f)

Lien:  466(a)(4)

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M

Management Information System
     Automatic data processing:  452(d)

Medical Assistance
     Support payment; assignment of collection:  1912

Money
     Bonding of employees:  454(14)
     Collected and disbursed; national record; child support program:  452(a)(6)
     Collection; child support program:  452(a)(7)

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N

Notice or Report
     Subject
          Alimony:  459(d)
          Child:  459(d)
          Support:  454(6)(E)(ii); 465(a)(1)
     To
          Beneficiary or payee:  459(d)

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O
P

Panel, Quality Control Review:  408(b)(4)

Parent
      Absent parent:  452(a)(1)
      Garnishment:  459(d)

Parent Locator Service
     Application requirement:  453(d)
     Child support program:  452(a)(9)
     Disclosure of Information
          Authority and limits:  453(b); 463(c)
     Fee:  453(e)(2); 454(17)
     Information:  453(e)
     Kidnapping; parental: 463
     Person authorized:  453(c)
     Purpose:  453(a)
     Regulations:  453(c)(3), (d)
     Standards:  452(a)(1), 454(13)
     State
     Determination of parent locatability:  453(f)
     HHS assistance:  453(f)
     Plan requirement:  454(8)

Paternity
     Determination;  fee:  454(6)
     Establishment
     Child support: 452(a)(7); 454(4)(A)
     Dependent child:  452(a)(1)
     State law:  466(a)(5)
     State procedure:  468
     State responsibility:  452(g); 466(a)(5)(B)
     Fees; report to Congress:  452(a)(end)
     Management information system:  454(16)(a)(i)

Payment
     Federal Payment
          Benefits
               Garnishment:  459(a), (e)
     To State
          Adjusted; estimated payment:  455(b)(2)
          Child support:  455(d), (e), 458
          Federal Contribution
               Child support program:  455(a)
               Management information system:  455(a)(1)(B)
          Secretary's estimate:  455(b)(1)
     State Payment
          Adjustment:  455(b)(2)
          Garnishment
               Federal consent to:  459(a)
               Time of payment:  459(e)

Penalty
       Child support program; State conduct:  452(a)(4)

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Q

R

Records
     State
           Child support program:  452(a)(5); 454(10)
           Disclosure of information; Parent Locator Service:  453(b)(1)

Refund
     State payment:  408(1)

Regulations
     Child; representative:  453(c)(3)
     Child support:  452(b); 465(c); 466(a)(10)
     Child Support Program; Garnishment
          Legal process:  459(d)
     Fee
          Child support collection:  454(6)
          Paternity determination:  454(6)
     Garnishment
          Procedures:  459(f)
     Information:  452(d)(1)(G)
     Parent Locator Service:  453(d); 454(17); 463(b)
    Spousal support:  465(c)
    Staffing requirements; exceptions:  454(15)
    State
          Child support program:  452(g)(3)(A)
          Employees:  454(14)
          Staffing:  454(15)
    Support; Child and Spousal
          Program:  454(3)

Reports
     Child support program:  452(a)(5)
     Congress; to, by
          Secretary HHS
               Child support program:  452(a)(10)
     State to Secretary
          Expenditures:  455(b)(1)

Representative of Claimant
     Parent Locator Service:  453(c)(3)

Representative Payee
    Child:  453(c)(3)
    Payment of support collected:  454(12)

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S

Secretary of Defense; Authority and Duty
    Child and spousal support:  465(c)

Secretary of Labor; Authority and Duty
    Agreement with Secretary HHS:  453(e)(3)

Secretary of Transportation; Authority and Duty
    Child and spousal support:  465(c)

Secretary of Treasury; Authority and Duty
    Advise Secretary HHS; supportive collection:  464(b)(1)
    Child support distribution:  452(c)
    Collect Past Due Support
           Child:  452(b)
           Federal tax refund:  464
    Impose fee:  464(b)(2)
    Regulations
           Collection of support:  464(b)

State [Including State Agency]
    Agent or attorney:  453(c)(1)
    Agreement
          Parent Locator Service use in parental kidnapping:  463(b)
    Data processing:  464(16)
    Grant Computation
          Adjustment:  457
          Estimate:  455(b)(1)
          General:  455(a)
          Management ifnormation system:  455(a)(1)(B)
     Management information system:  454(16)
     Personnel
          Bonding:  454(14)
     Technical Assistance
          Management information system:  452(e)

State Plan
     Agreement
          Child support program:  452(a)(2)
          Compliance with requirements and standards:  454(13)
     Approval by Secretary:  452(a)(3)
     Child Support
          Parent:  454
          Program review and approval:  452(a)(3)
     Courts; cooperative arrangements:  454(7)
     Data processing:  454(16)
     Fee
          Collection of support:  454(6)
          Paternity establishment:  454(6)
     Interstate cooperation:  454(9)
     Management information system:  454(16)
     Parent Locator Service:  454(8), (17)
     Paternity establishment:  454(4)(A)
     Records:  454(10)
     Representative Payee
           Requirement:  454(12)
     Spousal support:  454
     Staff:  454(15)
     State
          Compliance with requirements and standards:  454(13)
          Control:  454(13)
          Employees:  454(14)
          Financial participation:  454(2)
     Statewide applicability:  454(1)
     Support, collection:  454(4)(B), (18), (19)
     Support, distribution:  454(5), 457

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T

Tax Refund
     Federal income:  454(18), 464
     State:  466(a)(3)

Technical Assistance
     Child support collection system:  452(a)(7)
     Management information sytem:  452(e)
     Paternity establishment:  452(a)(7)

Trust Fund
     Obligation
            Deemed:  455(b)(3)

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U

Unemployment Compensation
      Collection:  454(19)

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V

W

Work Incentive Program
     Management information system:  454(16)

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Y

Z
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