Glossary of Child Support Terms

Child support laws vary in the United States. We provide legal definitions for terms used in court-ordered support payment documents, custody and visitation and other divorce paperwork.

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injunction: A court order preventing a specific person from doing a specific act because it is likely to cause physical, mental injury or property loss of another individual
intercept: State child Support enforcement agencies "intercept" or take portions of a non-custodial parent's unemployment insurance payments, disability insurance payments, income tax returns, and lottery winnings to pay child Support arrearages to custodial parents.
IV-D agency: A governmental agency operating at the state level authorized under the federal Social Security Act to recover delinquent child Support. For example, in Texas, the IV-D agency is the Attorney General's Office.

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