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Publication Date: September 2002
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy
Author(s): Paula Roberts
Research Area: Social conditions
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
In the process of distributing child support payments, mistakes can be made. Sometimes the result is that a custodial parent receives an "overpayment." This document discusses the Office of Child Support Enforcement's new guidance on the steps states must take in attempting to retrieve child support overpayments.