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      "id": 102941,
      "date": "2003-03-04",
      "retrieved": "2016-04-08T14:51:24.435544",
      "title": "Distribution of Child Support Collections",
      "summary": "P.L. 104-193 , the 1996 welfare reform law, substantively changed the rules governing how child\nsupport collections are distributed among families, states, and the federal government. The general\nrules in effect as of October 1, 2000 are that child support collected during the time a family receives\ncash welfare belongs to the state; current child support and arrearages (past-due payments) that are\nowed to a family that is no longer receiving welfare belongs to the family; and child support owed\nto a family that never received welfare belongs to the family. This is referred to as the \"families\nfirst\" child support distribution policy. (These \"families first\" distribution rules do not apply to child\nsupport collections made by intercepting federal income tax refunds.) Many policymakers contend\nthat Congress should simplify the child support distribution system which currently requires the\ntracking of six categories of arrearage payments to properly pay custodial parents. Legislation that\nincluded provisions to simplify child support distribution procedures and provide more of the child\nsupport collected to custodial parents (rather than the government) was passed by the House in the\n106th and 107th Congresses, but not by the Senate. Similar legislation has been reintroduced as part\nof the welfare reauthorization measure in the 108th Congress. This report will be updated as needed\nto reflect legislative activity.",
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