Actions Required of all Executive Agencies To Facilitate Payment of Child Support
All Federal Agencies Directed to Enforce Child Support Obligations
What it does
Agencies must cooperate to establish and enforce child and medical support, review withholding and service procedures, share personnel data, and inform employees about support services.
Real-world impact
- Federal payrolls will be crossmatched annually with state delinquent lists.
- Federal employees may have wages withheld to satisfy child support orders.
- Agencies must provide information and help to employees about support services.
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Summary
This order makes the federal government a model employer by requiring all Federal agencies and the Uniformed Services to promote and help establish and enforce child and medical support obligations.
Agencies must review and improve wage-withholding and service procedures, provide personnel and payroll data to state child support programs, assist with serving legal papers abroad, and inform employees about available support services.
The order aims to ensure children receive timely financial and health support from both parents and to remove agency barriers that slow enforcement.
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