New Office of Child Support Enforcement Policy on Recoupment of Child Support Overpayments


 

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.